Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan have announced plans to join forces and form the world’s third-largest automaker by sales as the industry undergoes dramatic changes in its transition away from fossil…

Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan have announced plans to join forces and form the world’s third-largest automaker by sales as the industry undergoes dramatic changes in its transition away from fossil fuels.

  • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldEnglish
    461·
    5 days ago

    What this really is, is the first major OEM casualty from the EV transition.

    Nissan was in deep deep trouble. This merger is a lifeline, they needed it to survive.

      • Nindelofocho@lemmy.worldEnglish
        17·
        5 days ago

        If they expanded their lineup to be based on the Leaf EV instead of just leaving it a lil econobox and focusing on their god aweful CVT they may have had been a great early EV competitor. Instead, ownership just kept sucking and sucking the company dry

        • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          5 days ago

          Ya, they really fucked things up. They were so well positioned with their early start if they’d done things better and didn’t rest on it.

          • Nindelofocho@lemmy.worldEnglish
            9·
            5 days ago

            What sucks is that the leaf was a fairly sensible econobox and it was one of the most affordable EVs you could get. All they had to do was build on that!