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2026 Nissan Micra EV

Since 1982, Nissan has been producing a supermini car (B-segment) the Nissan Micra, also known as the Nissan March. So far, five generations of this model have arrived on the market, and the Japanese manufacturer has announced that, in the next two years, it will launch the sixth generation of Micra.

The new generation of Micra will be based on the same platform as the all-electric Renault 5 E-Tech, and Nissan is trying to capitalize on the current popularity of small city cars. It will be an all-electric car and will be produced in France.

Nissan is still hiding information about the car, which is understandable since its launch is still two years away. Also, information has previously appeared that the Japanese manufacturer is seriously considering a new model of a small city car that will be positioned below the Micra, but some believe that this model could be the next generation of Micra. Whether this will be true remains to be seen.

Given that it shares the same platform as the all-electric Renault, the Micra will be offered with a single electric motor with 95 hp (71 kW), 120 hp (89 kW) and 150 hp (110 kW). It will be equipped with 40 or 52 kWh batteries, which will allow a range of between 300 and 410 kilometers.

More information coming soon.

Source: Reuters

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Nissan cuts 9,000 jobs

Nissan is in trouble, and in order to save what can be saved, the company is selling its share in Mitsubishi Motors, but also reducing production capacity, which puts 9,000 jobs in question.

CEO Makoto Uchida cut his salary by 50% and presented a reform plan to pull the company out of the abyss. That includes reshuffles of some officials, including Nissan president Guillaume Cartier who has been moved to the position of executive director of performance. He lowered forecasts related to sales and operating profit for the whole year, but also the previously set target for net income.

Nissan currently has 133,580 employees, and it is predicted that the planned reforms and cutting 9,000 jobs would save the company three billion dollars. The intention is to reduce global capacity by 20 percent, so that global production capacity worldwide amounts to 5 million cars. Nissan has 30 new or refreshed models in the lineup and has no plans to phase them out, but is likely to shift launch dates depending on market needs.

Also, the company announced the sale of 1/3 of its 34 percent stake in Mitsubishi, but even after the sale it should remain the largest shareholder.

Source: Reuters

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Nissan has produced 1.5 million vehicles with e-Power system

Since the e-Power system was first introduced on the Note model in 2017, the Japanese company Nissan has so far produced 1.5 million vehicles with this hybrid system, which is one of a series of transitional solutions towards full electrification.

The E-Power system is a combination of a gasoline turbo engine feeding an electric motor, which is powered by a lithium-ion battery. A gasoline engine with a variable compression ratio can generate electricity directly into the battery, can use an inverter to drive an electric motor that only drives the drive wheels, and can do both if necessary.

At the beginning, Nissan used this system only on the Japanese market, and after four years (2021) it began to expand to the markets of China and Europe (2022) with the new generation of X-Trail and Qashqai. Now the plan is to expand to the North American market in the next two years.

If we look at the total number of 1.5 million Nissan cars with e-Power technology, most of them were produced in Japan (1.17 million units), in Europe 140,000 units were produced, in China 60,000 units while the remaining 150,000 cars with this hybrid technology was produced in other markets.

Source: Nissan

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