On July 15, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. announced that the company plans to transfer and integrate vehicle production at the Oppama Plant, located in the Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture, to Nissan Motor Kyushu Co., Ltd in Fukuoka Prefecture.
The company will cease vehicle production at the Oppama plant at the end of fi

In response to U.S. tariffs on imported vehicles, Nissan is now considering bringing some production of the body-on-frame Nissan Armada and Infiniti QX80 SUVs from Kyushu, Japan to Canton, Mississippi to meet increasing North American demand for the models, a source with knowledge of the matter said. The Armada, sold

Nissan is in early talks to build pickup trucks for Honda in the U.S. at its under-utilized plant in Canton, Mississippi, according to reports from Japan.
A person familiar with the matter said that building vehicles for Honda at Canton is one of several options on the table to increase production capacity at Canton.

Three Japanese OEMs recently announced their June 2025 new car sales results in China.
Toyota sold 157,700 units in June, up 3.7% year-over-year (y/y) and achieving growth y/y for 5 consecutive months. Year-to-date (YTD) sales volume totaled 837,700 units, up 6.8% y/y. Specifically, FAW Toyota took up 377,821 units,

On July 9, Nissan Europe announced that it has begun production of the new Nissan Qashqai C segment SUV with e-POWER at its Sunderland plant, UK.
The latest Qashqai, built on Production Line One at the plant, features an updated e-Power system offering best-in-class fuel efficiency at 4.5L per 100km and a potential r

On July 7, Nissan informed suppliers that it will postpone the start of production of two EV crossovers at its plant in Canton, Mississippi, by ten months, citing the delay on “recent slowing EV demand in the U.S.”
A Nissan-branded crossover, codenamed PZ1K, now will begin production in November 2028, while a partner

On July 7, it was reported that chairman of Nissan Americas Christian Meunier said on June 27 that Nissan had suspended production of three models for the Canadian market at its Tennessee and Mississippi assembly plants while awaiting the outcome of Canada-U.S. trade talks.
Meunier said that the decision was prompted

On July 6, Nissan released a statement denying Nikkei’s report that the company is in talks with Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (Foxconn) for collaboration on EV production at the Oppama plant, reported to be under consideration of shutdown.
Nissan, in its statement, clarified that the report was not based on a

On July 2, Nissan Brazil announced the launch of the new Nissan Kicks, with official sales starting July 3 across over 200 dealerships nationwide.
Produced at the Resende Industrial Complex in Rio de Janeiro, The SUV is powered by a 1.0-liter turbocharged engine delivering 125 hp and 22.4 kgfm of torque with ethanol,

On July 1, Nissan North America announced it is recalling certain 2021-2024 Rogue, 2019-2020 Altima, 2019-2022 Infiniti QX50, and 2022 Infiniti QX55 vehicles equipped with 3-cylinder 1.5-liter or 4-cylinder 2.0-liter variable compression turbo (VC-Turbo) engines. The engine bearings may have manufacturing defects tha

On July 1, Renault Group announced that it will rearrange its stake in Nissan starting June 30, 2025. Instead of using the equity method, the stake will now be treated as a financial asset valued based on Nissan’s stock price.
This change, driven by updates to Renault’s rights over its Nissan stake, will lead to a on

On July 1, Flex-N-Gate announced that it has developed and industrialized the main exterior components for the new Nissan Micra as part of its collaboration with Renault. These components include the front and rear bumpers, wheel arches, rocker panels, door protectors, headlamp and rear lamp embellishments, and the s