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Byline: Lois Hoyal Recycling firm Altilium said its green processing technology can help automakers decarbonize electric vehicle production to meet their sustainability goals and future regulatory requirements and counter China's [...]

Byline: Urvaksh Karkaria Nissan is slashing output of two key models -- including its bestseller, the Rogue compact crossover -- to make a dent in oversupply. In a Sept. 5 [...]

Byline: Urvaksh Karkaria Nissan is overhauling its product pipeline for an electrified future. New platforms will support four to five vehicles and multiple powertrains and help the Japanese automaker slash [...]

Byline: Urvaksh Karkaria Nissan Motor Co. has paused U.S. production plans for its first next-generation electric vehicles -- putting a $500 million investment on hold at its underutilized assembly plant [...]

Byline: Urvaksh Karkaria Nissan is taking the shears to production as new vehicles idle on dealership lots and parts shortages hamstring the supply of the brand's top seller. In a [...]

Byline: Urvaksh Karkaria Nissan Motor Co. is delaying the launch of two U.S.-made electric vehicles as rivals battle for customers amid slower market growth. The Japanese automaker has postponed production [...]

Byline: Urvaksh Karkaria A perfect storm of pandemic delays, production challenges and trade policies has hamstrung Nissan's shot at redemption in the electric vehicle segment that it pioneered more than [...]

Byline: Hans Greimel Nissan said cratering sales of some of its most popular small vehicles should start to recover this quarter as the company ramps up microchip-constrained production. Slumping sales [...]

Byline: Urvaksh Karkaria Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Nissan's U.S. retailers were in open rebellion, ticked off over market share-focused sales strategies that some said had driven their balance sheets into [...]

Byline: Lindsay Chappell While the global industry prepares for waves of new electric vehicles, Japan's big three automakers largely will be focused on introducing, renewing and freshening mainstream vehicles -- [...]

Byline: Laurence Iliff And Jack Walsworth Asian and European automakers with plants across the Midwest and the South have blazed the trail of restarting operations after weeks of coronavirus lockdown. [...]

Byline: Naoto Okamura Amid an uproar about corporate compliance in Japan, Nissan Motor Co. last week took the unusual step of halting all production of domestic vehicles here for two [...]

To cram more charge into the lithium ion battery of the Nissan Leaf electric car, Nissan Motor Co.'s battery engineers turned to the tap for inspiration. Their breakthrough: Top off [...]

Byline: Lindsay Chappell Nissan dealers are selling their new compact NV200 commercial van as fast as the company can deliver them, and planners are pressing Nissan's Mexican factory to step [...]

Byline: Lindsay Chappell Nissan admits its launch strategy on the Leaf miscalculated the short-term market potential for the electric vehicle and says it will do a better job of targeting [...]

Japanese automakers' plans for increasing North American production Mazda What: New plant Where: Salamanca, Mexico Capacity: 140,000 Opens: Before March 2014 Builds: Mazda2, Mazda3 What's next: Mazda will expand output [...]

Byline: Lindsay Chappell The March earthquake in Japan has forced Nissan to delay the introduction of the revived Titan pickup until the 2014 model year. The quake required a redeployment [...]

Byline: Hans Greimel When the earthquake hit, V-6 engines tumbled off assembly lines, air ducts crashed like falling trees, and the factory floor sank as much as 4 inches. Nissan [...]

Byline: Hans Greimel Nissan aims to slash the weight of redesigned models by 15 percent below comparable 2005 models to cut emissions and meet stricter fuel economy standards. The goal [...]

Trelleborg Automotive, the auto subsidiary of Trelleborg AB, has established a fully-owned production unit for anti-vibration products for light vehicles in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. The plant will begin deliveries by [...]

Byline: Lindsay Chappell Infiniti dealer Peter Wilson optimistically believes that his brand will receive a new flagship to replace the Q45, which ended in 2006. 'We know something will come,'' [...]

Byline: Stephen Downer Nissan says it has invested $30 million (about €22 million) in its assembly plant here to support its Tiida export program for Europe. But to the casual [...]

High-level changes are coming to the North American manufacturing operations of Toyota and Nissan. Automotive News takes an in-depth look at those changes in a special report on New American [...]

Byline: Rick Kranz Nissan Motor Co. has suspended development of its heavy-duty pickup and may scrap the program. It also will abandon some of its body-on-frame SUVs, replacing them with [...]

Renault wants to increase Logan production capacity in Russia, either by expanding its existing Moscow plant or using a future Nissan plant in St. Petersburg. Renault is 'seriously considering' doubling [...]

Byline: Yuzo Yamaguchi Nissan Motor Co. wants to halve its product-development time by creating virtual test vehicles. The automaker wants to build or redesign a model from an existing platform [...]

Nissan's plant in Sunderland, England, is continually identified as Europe's most productive car factory, but plant boss Colin Dodge is even more proud of Sunderland's ability to cope with unpredictable [...]

Patrick Pelata plans to halve the worldwide price premium Toyota cars enjoy over Nissan models within two years. In 1999 - before Nissan was reorganized by alliance partner Renault - [...]

Byline: Richard Truett When the Chrysler group's St. Louis north truck plant cranked up production of the heavy-duty Dodge Ram last year, there were more than the usual number of [...]

Nissan Motor Co. has raised Micra capacity at its Sunderland, England, plant by 25 percent to 200,000, President and CEO Carlos Ghosn said. Nissan aims to sell 530,000 vehicles in [...]

* U.S. car production for the year reached 1 million on Monday, March 11. That is three days earlier than in 2001. Only three manufacturers have produced more U.S. cars [...]

Nissan will compress its build schedule and set up a lower-cost supply chain to compete in the full-sized pickup and sport-utility segments. Here are highlights of that strategy. 1. Suppliers [...]

The New American Manufacturers are trying new manufacturing approaches. Here's what some of the automakers are doing. Honda: Flexible tooling means it can put a model into production in only [...]

Nissan may increase production at its Tennessee factory to meet high demand for the Altima, dealers were told at their make meeting. Nissan North America is examining ways to boost [...]

Nissan plans to * Add Maxima production in Smyrna, Tenn. * Add Maxima engine output in Decherd, Tenn. * Require U.S. suppliers to expand capacity and [...]

LOS ANGELES - After getting their fingers burned in the early '90s with dedicated sports car platforms and powertrains, Japanese automakers are taking a more conservative tack with their re-entry [...]

TOKYO - Japan's vehicle production in July declined for the seventh consecutive month as the country's weaker exports more than offset stronger demand at home. Output for the month dipped [...]

* Production of the 2002 Nissan Altima started Wednesday, Aug. 1, in Smyrna, Tenn. * Last week, Honda's Marysville, Ohio, plant began production of the 2002 Accord. This week, Accord [...]

EUROPEAN SUPPLIERS aren't as bad off as their North American counterparts, but they may soon be. As Europe's carmakers combine their purchasing operations, suppliers are starting to feel the kind [...]

GUYANCOURT, France - More of Nissan's global purchasing operations are being moved to France, where they are being combined with Renault SA's. Purchasing engineers at the Renault Technocentre outside Paris [...]

Nissan efficiency UK car plants operated by Nissan and Toyota were the most efficient in Europe last year, according to the World Markets Research Center's annual European Automotive Productivity Index. [...]

Production cuts: GM, Ford, DaimlerChrysler and Nissan slowed vehicle lines during the first quarter. Price pressure: Even as volume was declining, many suppliers tried to juggle new price concessions. Energy [...]

SMYRNA, Tenn. - Nissan plans to organize its new Mississippi truck factory on a modular-assembly model, using a handful of outside suppliers to deliver assembled vehicle sections. Nissan believes the [...]

Light-truck products dominate the capacity expansion at North American auto plants: Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America Inc. broke ground Wednesday, Nov. 8, to expand its 12-year-old car plant in Normal, [...]

Why Nissan needs more U.S. production capacity Quest: Nissan needs another production source as early as the 2002 model year Xterra: Smyrna is maxed out Frontier: Smyrna is maxed out [...]

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. expects partner Renault SA to save about $200 million in the next three years as the French automaker puts into action Nissan's [...]

Transplant automakers in the United States are considering larger roles for suppliers. Here are some of the approaches being considered. Toyota: Considers using outside suppliers for the first time on [...]

Nissan Motor Company Ltd. is set to invite North American suppliers in an effort to reduce production expenses. The company's shift to North American suppliers will be made as long as the 'domestic content' on the Nissan Sentra would not exceed 74%. The shift to local suppliers was mainly due to an increase in the projected value of important Nissan Sentra parts caused by a sharp 20% appreciation in the Japanese yen since 1993.

Nissan Motor Company Ltd will begin importing all engines for its Altima autmobile from Mexico, which will begin producing the twin-cam, 2.4-liter engine in summer 1993. The move will improve production efficiency and is part of a company-wide effort to cut costs. Since the Altima went into production, all Altima engines had been produced and shipped from the Kyushu plant in Japan. Mexican production is expected to reach 12,000 units/year by the end of summer 1993.

North America to get more attention Nissan Motor Co. will move Maxima production to its plant in Smyrna, Tenn. as part of a crash program to shore up profitability around [...]