Yokosuka, Japan – The Japanese car manufacturer who loses the money, Nissan, is depositing in his latest “electronic power” technology for change.
A kind of hybrid electronic power is equipped with an electric motor and a gasoline engine, as well as The Toyota Motor Corp. Prius. It is different from one PRIus that does not change from one side between the engine and the engine during the unit.
That means that the car is always working with its EV battery, ensuring a quiet and soft trip.
“Nissan has a proud story of pioneer in innovative technology that distinguishes us,” said technology director Eiichi Akashi to journalists outside a management test in his Grandrive course outside Tokyo.
The advantage of electronic power vehicles is that they never need to be loaded as EVs do. The owner simply feeds at a service station and the car never runs out of charge.
Nissan Motor Corp., which accumulated a loss of $ 4.5 billion for the fiscal year until March, needs a hot seller, especially in the lucrative North American market. But the US market is demonstrating a great headache for all Japanese car manufacturers due to the tariff policies of President Donald Trump.
To achieve a change, Nissan is working to reduce costs, strengthen trade associations and redefine their alignment. That’s where E-Power fits, according to Akashi.
Based in Yokohama Nissan announced earlier this month that it is reducing around 15% of its global workforce, or around 20,000 employees, and reducing the number of its car plants to 10 of 17, under an ambitious recovery plan directed by his New Executive President Ivan Espinosa.
Nissan officials did not give price to the next electronic models. The only other car manufacturer offers a similar technology is “KEI” or a small car manufacturer Suzuki Motor Corp.
E-Power is already offered in the Nissan Qashqai and X-Trail model in Europe, and the note in Japan. The updated version will be offered in the new Rogue in the United States.
Nissan, a pioneer in electric vehicles with his sheet, who went on sale in 2010, is also Preparation of reinforced EV models. It is also working on a solid state battery that is expected to replace lithium -ion batteries that are now widely used in hybrids, EV and electronic power models.
Analysts say that Nissan is in danger of running out of cash and needs a partner. Speculation is abundant, its Yokohama headquarters building will be sold, or one of its plants in Japan will become a casino.
Nissan began the conversations last year with the Japanese rival Honda Motor Co. for commercial integration but announced in February that he was dropping the conversations.
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