y Express, which will go on sale this fall. Based on the Nissan NV200, the City Express has differentiated front grille and rear badge as Chevrolet brand. The van will be produced at Nissan's Cuernavaca plant, and then modified at GM's Ramos Arizpe plant in Mexico. Nissan announced on August 6 that Smyrna, Tennessee facility becomes the top-producing automotive manufacturing plant in North America through first half of 2014. Nissan produced 900,1...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/01

aving 17 defects each. Toyota’s Cambridge North plant in Canada, which produces the Corolla, tied with its Georgetown plant in Kentucky, which produces the Lexus ES, for the Gold Plant award in the Americas with 17 defects each. Toyota’s Cambridge South and Princeton West plants, and Nissan’s Smyrna plant tied for the Bronze Plant award with their Lexus RX, Toyota Highlander and Sequoia, and Nissan Altima, Leaf, and Maxima models having 20 ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/30

orce from COVID-19 coronavirus Nissan restarts manufacturing operations in Mexico on June 1 Nissan to lay off 200 Mexican workers amid pandemic Stellantis, Nissan announce temporary plant closures in Mexico Nissan meets its product portfolio renewal goals in Mexico Nissan extends shutdown at Smyrna, Aguascalientes plants due to COVID at chip supplier Nissan Mexico to halt production in October due to semiconductor shortages Nissan Mexica...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/30

ico Nissan to possibly move production out of Mexico due to Trump’s tariffs Nissan Mexico assembles 3 million vehicles CO2-free energy Nissan Mexicana planning to supply three plants with nuclear energy Nissan discontinues manual Versa sedan production in Mexico Nissan extends shutdown at Smyrna, Aguascalientes plants due to COVID at chip supplier Nissan Mexicana to close Production Line 1 at CIVAC plant, lay off 562 workers Nissan Me...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/30

ous consequences for its business. To address these challenges, Nissan announced a restructuring plan, aiming to cut global production by 20%, reduce operations in smaller markets, eliminate 9,000 jobs, and adjust workforce levels in Thailand. It will also scale back shifts at its U.S. factories in Smyrna and Canton, affecting 6,500 workers by 2026.Despite these issues, Nissan has performed well in Mexico, increasing production by 8% in January 2...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/30

aving 17 defects each. Toyota’s Cambridge North plant in Canada, which produces the Corolla, tied with its Georgetown plant in Kentucky, which produces the Lexus ES, for the Gold Plant award in the Americas with 17 defects each. Toyota’s Cambridge South and Princeton West plants, and Nissan’s Smyrna plant tied for the Bronze Plant award with their Lexus RX, Toyota Highlander and Sequoia, and Nissan Altima, Leaf, and Maxima models having 20 ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/29

taking advance orders from European countries, with sales expected to begin in leading markets by the end of 2011. The Sunderland Plant in the U.K. will begin local production with an annual production capacity of 50,000 at full operation in 2013 for exports to countries in Europe. In the U.S., the Smyrna Plant in Tennessee will go into domestic production starting in the second half of 2012 with an annual production capacity of 150,000 cars. Nis...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/18

m components used in the new Nissan Rogue for North America. The new Rogue uses aluminum for panel parts such as hoods and doors. In collaboration with Kobe Steel Ltd. and UACJ Corporation at Nissan Motor Kyushu Co., Ltd., and with Arconic Corporation and Novelis Inc. at Nissan North America Inc.'s Smyrna Plant, the company has adopted a method to recycle scrap aluminum generated during vehicle production into automotive aluminum sheets. Compared...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/18

n studies bringing Sentra production to U.S. from Mexico Ford may share BlueOval SK EV Battery Park production with Nissan Nissan to invest USD 250 million in Decherd, Tennessee powertrain plant Nissan investing USD 250 million in Decherd for EV motors, considers second U.S. battery source Nissan Smyrna celebrates 40 years in operation, Canton prepares for EV production Nissan to adopt North American Charging Standard for Ariya, future EVs Niss...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/10

aving 17 defects each. Toyota’s Cambridge North plant in Canada, which produces the Corolla, tied with its Georgetown plant in Kentucky, which produces the Lexus ES, for the Gold Plant award in the Americas with 17 defects each. Toyota’s Cambridge South and Princeton West plants, and Nissan’s Smyrna plant tied for the Bronze Plant award with their Lexus RX, Toyota Highlander and Sequoia, and Nissan Altima, Leaf, and Maxima models having 20 ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/09

taking advance orders from European countries, with sales expected to begin in leading markets by the end of 2011. The Sunderland Plant in the U.K. will begin local production with an annual production capacity of 50,000 at full operation in 2013 for exports to countries in Europe. In the U.S., the Smyrna Plant in Tennessee will go into domestic production starting in the second half of 2012 with an annual production capacity of 150,000 cars. Nis...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/02

aving 17 defects each. Toyota’s Cambridge North plant in Canada, which produces the Corolla, tied with its Georgetown plant in Kentucky, which produces the Lexus ES, for the Gold Plant award in the Americas with 17 defects each. Toyota’s Cambridge South and Princeton West plants, and Nissan’s Smyrna plant tied for the Bronze Plant award with their Lexus RX, Toyota Highlander and Sequoia, and Nissan Altima, Leaf, and Maxima models having 20 ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/30

aving 17 defects each. Toyota’s Cambridge North plant in Canada, which produces the Corolla, tied with its Georgetown plant in Kentucky, which produces the Lexus ES, for the Gold Plant award in the Americas with 17 defects each. Toyota’s Cambridge South and Princeton West plants, and Nissan’s Smyrna plant tied for the Bronze Plant award with their Lexus RX, Toyota Highlander and Sequoia, and Nissan Altima, Leaf, and Maxima models having 20 ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/25

ld be idled through February 19, while first shifts would not operate on February 18 at plants in Mississippi and Alabama. In Mexico, Toyota said it would reduce shifts and suspend work in the coming days at its plants in Baja California and Guanajuato. Nissan announced that production at plants in Smyrna, Tennessee, and Canton, Mississippi, remain suspended, and that in Mexico it was halting some production in Aguascalientes while seeking to qui...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/25

edes-Benz is partnering with Envision AESC to supply the Mercedes-Benz battery factory with high-performance battery modules from a new plant within the U.S., commencing from the middle of the decade. Envision AESC currently supplies batteries for Nissan's U.S.-made Leaf hatchback from its plant in Smyrna, Tennessee. On April 13, Envision AESC announced its USD 2 billion investment to build a new battery gigafactory in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Th...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/26

aving 17 defects each. Toyota’s Cambridge North plant in Canada, which produces the Corolla, tied with its Georgetown plant in Kentucky, which produces the Lexus ES, for the Gold Plant award in the Americas with 17 defects each. Toyota’s Cambridge South and Princeton West plants, and Nissan’s Smyrna plant tied for the Bronze Plant award with their Lexus RX, Toyota Highlander and Sequoia, and Nissan Altima, Leaf, and Maxima models having 20 ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/22

aving 17 defects each. Toyota’s Cambridge North plant in Canada, which produces the Corolla, tied with its Georgetown plant in Kentucky, which produces the Lexus ES, for the Gold Plant award in the Americas with 17 defects each. Toyota’s Cambridge South and Princeton West plants, and Nissan’s Smyrna plant tied for the Bronze Plant award with their Lexus RX, Toyota Highlander and Sequoia, and Nissan Altima, Leaf, and Maxima models having 20 ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/19

Nissan North America, Smyrna Plant Nissan EV Leaf (2013-2024), Murano (2021-), Rogue (2013-), Rogue Hybrid (2017-2019), Rogue PHV (2025-planning), Altima (-2020), Maxima (-2023), Pathfinder (2005-2020, 2022-); Infiniti QX60 (2012-); Lithium-ion Battery Pack (2012- Mar. 2019, sold to Envision Group) Passenger car and SUV assembly and battery plant -Production started in June 1983. -Investment: USD 7.1 billion as of August 2024 -Number of Employ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/14

ld be idled through February 19, while first shifts would not operate on February 18 at plants in Mississippi and Alabama. In Mexico, Toyota said it would reduce shifts and suspend work in the coming days at its plants in Baja California and Guanajuato. Nissan announced that production at plants in Smyrna, Tennessee, and Canton, Mississippi, remain suspended, and that in Mexico it was halting some production in Aguascalientes while seeking to qui...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/09

Korean business in preparation for the production of the Rogue. As a result, the Busan plant increased its production capacity to the third place among the group's 18 overseas plants. RSM buys 72% of parts for the Rogue from local suppliers. The delivery price of the parts is lower than that at the Smyrna plant in the U.S. With the start of exporting Nissan Rogue vehicles, 87 Korean parts suppliers' sales are expected to increase by KRW 3.1 trill...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/08