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Nissan ditches longtime battery supplier AESC for next-gen EVs

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Nissan could switch battery suppliers for its next-gen, U.S.-made electric vehicles. (AUTOMOTIVE NEWS FILE)
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By:
Urvaksh Karkaria
February 05, 2025 11:00 AM
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Nissan_Hyper-Urban-05_i.jpg Nissan could switch battery suppliers for its next-gen, U.S.-made electric vehicles. (AUTOMOTIVE NEWS FILE)

For more than a decade, AESC in Japan supplied the batteries for America’s first affordable and mass-produced electric vehicle, the Nissan Leaf.

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