Nashville – Nissan Motor Co. will announce a battery supplier to the U.S. for its next-generation electric vehicles “in a few weeks,” America’s chief automaker Jeremy Papin said at a car news congress on Wednesday.
This year, Nissan said it is investing $ 500 million to turn an assembly plant in Canton, Miss. As part of this overhaul, Canton will produce two new EVs, one for the Nissan brand, the other for Infiniti. starting in 2025.
“There needs to be a very close connection between the battery supplier and the car manufacturer,” Papin said. “The knowledge exchanged between them underlies the battery-powered electric vehicle.”
Nissan is currently purchasing batteries for the US-made Leaf hatchback at the Smyrna Battery Plant, Tennessee, owned by a Chinese energy company. Envision Group. This battery factory was originally built and owned by Nissan in the early EV era, and is scheduled to supply up to 150,000 vehicles a year.
But Nissan’s first plans to adopt the EV did not materialize. AutoForecast Solutions estimates the Smyrna battery plant could supply 30,000 to 50,000 vehicles with battery packs.
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