Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (NISA.F)
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Nissan to start producing EVs for Dongfeng Motor by year-end, Nikkei reports
TOKYO (Reuters) -Nissan Motor will produce electric vehicles for its Chinese joint-venture partner Dongfeng Motor at its Wuhan factory by year-end, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Tuesday, a sign of pressure on the automaker's China business. Nissan and Dongfeng did not immediately respond to comment requests. Japan's third-biggest automaker has already been making the Ariya EV and the X-Trail SUV through its joint venture with Dongfeng at the plant, which has an annual production capacity of 260,000 vehicles, Nikkei said.
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Nissan halts production at Changzhou plant as China woes persist
Nissan Motor has halted production at its Changzhou plant in China as it seeks to optimise its operations, the Japanese automaker said on Friday. The Changzhou plant, jointly operated with Nissan's local partner Dongfeng Motor, was producing the Qashqai SUV with annual capacity of about 130,000 vehicles a year, a Nissan spokesperson said. The Nikkei business daily had earlier reported that Nissan was shutting the plant.
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US investigates Nissan vehicles after air bag deployments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. auto safety regulators said on Monday they have opened an investigation into nearly 75,000 Nissan vehicles - the 2015 model year Rogue Select - over reports of unintended deployments of side airbags in some of them. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration probe was launched in response to reports of inadvertent deployments after the vehicle door is shut or slammed. The agency said such deployments could cause vehicle occupants to be injured or result in the loss of air bag protection.
