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The almost comedic contortions Nissan goes through to make it its driverless robotaxi a reality in Japan underscore the regulatory hurdles facing the country’s carmakers in their race to compete with global rivals in autonomous driving.
Ivan Espinosa tells Automotive News the 2 things he must improve at Nissan, his biggest regret on the job, and what inspired him to join the company – all while giving a deeper glimpse at the man behind Nissan’s metal.
Toyota, Honda and Nissan add tariffs as an “emergency agenda” as they race to devise countermeasures to the U.S. tariffs threatened for April 2.
Foxconn will work with new Japanese customers to develop electric vehicles, according to a report.
In this week’s edition of Automotive News, we take a deep look at incoming CEO Ivan Espinosa’s long to-do list at Nissan and the sizable obstacles blocking the Japanese carmaker's road to quick recovery.
Kawaji succeeds Kenji Harada, who guided the company to a record sales year in 2024 and is taking a role in Japan.
Nissan product planning boss Ivan Espinosa, tapped to succeed CEO Makoto Uchida, inherits a host of headaches with precious little time to engineer a better trajectory.
Espinosa has overseen global product planning and motorsports, among other areas, since April 2024. He has been involved in global product planning since 2010 and has earlier experience in Southeast Asia and Mexico.
Nissan’s audit committee is expected to meet March 10 before a full board showdown on March 11 to decide deeper restructuring steps and possibly a new CEO.
The platform change comes as the long-term future of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance is cloudy. Nissan is struggling financially and seeking new partners.
