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Nissan

Nissan was founded just before World War I, and is one of the largest carmakers in the world. In 1999, it entered an alliance with French carmaker Renault, which owns 43.4 per cent of Nissan, which owns 15 per cent of Renault. Its models include the high-performance GTR.

Chairman / President

Yasuhiko Kimura

CEO / Managing Director

Makoto Uchida

CFO / Finance Director

Stephen Ma

Industry

Automotive
Financial services

Website

nissan-global.com

Headquarters address

1-1 Takashima 1-chome, Nishi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 220-8686, Japan

Stock Code

TYO:7201
OTC Pink:NSANY

Year founded

1933

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Electric & new energy vehicles

Why foreign carmakers have little room to manoeuvre in China

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Nissan to bow out of historic tie-up with Honda, Nikkei reports

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Japan

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21 Jan 2025 - 3:51PM

Japan

Japan’s carmakers vow closer ties to regain ground lost to China

To survive, Japanese manufacturers are pledging cooperation in areas like AI and EVs, while also navigating trade tensions and internal restructuring.

7 Jan 2025 - 7:38PM

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Japan

Japan’s Honda and Nissan join forces to create world’s third-largest carmaker

This move comes as the industry transitions away from fossil fuels and towards electric vehicles, where Japanese companies have lagged behind their rivals.

24 Dec 2024 - 5:09PMvideocam

Mergers & Acquisitions

Nissan and Honda may merge to take on larger rivals and EV makers

Honda is considering several options including a merger, capital tie-up or the establishment of a holding company, Executive Vice-President Shinji Aoyama said.

18 Dec 2024 - 1:04PM

Donald Trump

Editorial | Trump a good reason for China, Japan thaw

Crisis of trust between two countries with fragile economies has to be overcome for both their sakes.

11 Dec 2024 - 11:50PM

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China-EU relations

China tests hauling EV battery cargo by rail among moves to meet spiking demand

CATL and BYD batteries transported in purpose-built containers, with ultimate aim of delivery from western China to Europe in around 20 days.

20 Nov 2024 - 9:23PMvideocam

Artificial intelligence

Chinese Robotaxi start-up WeRide delays US IPO on paperwork delay

The postponement complicates WeRide’s listing plan, as Beijing’s approval for the deal is set to expire at the end of this week.

22 Aug 2024 - 8:08PM

Autonomous vehicles

Chinese self-driving firm WeRide seeks up to US$440 million in US IPO, placement

A group of investors agreed to buy US$320.5 million worth of WeRide’s ordinary shares via private placements.

10 Aug 2024 - 11:26AMvideocam

A WeRide robotaxi on the road. Photo: Handout

Electric & new energy vehicles

Honda to end production at one of its Thailand auto plants

The company’s sales in Thailand have been under 100,000 for each of last four years as Chinese EV makers make inroads in Southeast Asia.

9 Jul 2024 - 2:54PM

Electric & new energy vehicles

Italy issues US$6.4 million fine over Chinese cars badged as Italian

Giorgia Meloni’s government has launched a campaign against companies that seek to portray foreign-produced cars as Made in Italy.

21 Jun 2024 - 4:34PM

Electric & new energy vehicles

China EV war: BYD takes on laggards Toyota, VW with steep price cuts

BYD, the world’s top-selling electric-vehicle maker, is currently discounting almost every model it sells, as part of a marketing campaign declaring ‘electricity is cheaper than oil’.

25 Mar 2024 - 12:32PMvideocam

Toyota

Toyota poised to keep title as bestselling carmaker, as China sales climb 17%

Global sales rose 12 per cent from a year earlier to 986,262 units, the most ever for the month of November. That included a 17 per cent increase in China to, while production there rose 14 per cent.

27 Dec 2023 - 4:09PMvideocam

A Toyota Rangga concept vehicle on display during the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on October 26. Photo: Bloomberg

Electric & new energy vehicles

Nissan to export China-developed EVs globally, tie up with Tsinghua University

The Japanese carmaker is considering exporting its line-up of conventional and planned pure electric and plug-in hybrid cars manufactured and developed in China.

17 Dec 2023 - 1:59PM

Nissan is betting big on China, with plans to export electric cars developed and manufactured in the country. Photo: Reuters

Electric & new energy vehicles

Japan’s carmakers to showcase electric cars to prove credentials

Japanese carmakers will display EV concepts to send the message they are willing and able to make battery-powered car sightings more common on the country’s roads in the years to come.

23 Oct 2023 - 2:52PMvideocam

Japan

Japan slams brakes on sending used cars to Russia, axing lucrative trade

While wiping out Russia’s biggest source of used cars, the sanctions have driven down prices in Japan and left brokers scrambling to send vehicles to Southeast Asia, New Zealand and elsewhere.

2 Oct 2023 - 10:40AM

Electric & new energy vehicles

China’s BYD launches Dolphin EV in Japan as it seeks to pry open market

BYD, China’s biggest EV maker, has launched its Dolphin compact hatch in Japan, where imported cars account for a small slice of the market. The base model is priced at US$24,560.

20 Sep 2023 - 10:23AM

BYD launched the Dolphin compact electric vehicle in Japan on Wednesday. Photo: Bloomberg

Climate change

Opinion | Carmakers must steel themselves to address supply chain carbon emissions

Carmakers are focusing on electrification, but new climate legislation will make procurement of low-carbon steel a point of competition. Traditional carmakers should lay out ambitious steel decarbonisation targets now, along with their electrification road maps, or risk losing out once again.

26 Aug 2023 - 6:43AMvideocam

Business of climate change

Nissan plans to put new EV models on Hong Kong streets

Japanese carmaker Nissan Motors plans to roll out new electric vehicle models into the Hong Kong market and to boost sales by targeting the city’s tech-savvy drivers with new technologies and battery technologies.

3 Aug 2023 - 7:00AM

Electric & new energy vehicles

Nissan to invest US$663 million in Renault EV unit Ampere as alliance rejigged

Nissan Motor has finalised plans to invest in Renault’s electric-vehicle venture Ampere, capping months of negotiations to rebalance the troubled automotive alliance.

26 Jul 2023 - 2:29PMvideocam

Long-term partners Nissan and Renault will work together on electric cars. Photo: Reuters

Electric & new energy vehicles

Shanghai Auto Show: world’s largest vehicle fair dazzles with latest models

Battery power took center stage, with makers jostling to show off their electrification credentials.

19 Apr 2023 - 4:11PM

A general view of Aito’s vehicle display during the 20th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition on April 19, 2023. Photo: AFP

Electric & new energy vehicles

Carmakers unveil slew of EVs at Shanghai Auto Show as price war weighs on sales

Chinese carmakers will continue to offer discounts well into the second half of the year as the debilitating price war shows no signs of slowing down in the world’s top market, industry insiders said at the Shanghai Auto Show.

18 Apr 2023 - 11:39PM

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)

Japan bank shares plunge as Asia braces for fallout from SVB collapse

It came as Asian equities extended declines on Tuesday, led by weakness in financial stocks as investors tried to gauge the fallout from the collapse of SVB and fellow US lender Signature Bank.

14 Mar 2023 - 2:49PM

Sustainability

How Toyota, Honda and Nissan ceded the electric vehicle market to Tesla, BYD

The Toyota Prius hybrid and all-electric Nissan Leaf had early-mover advantage, so why is no Japanese company among the top 20 makers of electric vehicles now?

19 Feb 2023 - 7:45AM

People check out a Tesla car during the second China International Import Expo in Shanghai in 2019. Japanese carmakers have lost out to rivals such as Tesla in the market for electric vehicles. Photo: AFP

Automotive industry

Soaring prices make car ownership a distant dream for middle-class Americans

Three years after the coronavirus pandemic triggered a global shortage of semiconductor chips and crippled car manufacturing, Ford, GM and others are raking in huge profits.

14 Feb 2023 - 12:40PM

A sales associate talks with a prospective buyer at a car dealership in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. Photo: AP Photo

Automotive industry

Renault CEO sparks asset sale talk after touring South Korea unit

Geely Automobile has been talking to Renault about potentially buying a controlling stake in the combustion-engine business that Renault is looking to spin off, according to people familiar with the matter.

11 Oct 2022 - 3:35PM

Consumer protection in Hong Kong

Car dealers propose easing warranty rules after probe by Hong Kong watchdog

Plan offered by seven dealers of 17 car brands, such as BMW and Toyota, is likely to be approved by Competition Commission.

1 Aug 2022 - 10:57PM

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