![]() The 0-to-60 mph time should be under 5 seconds.Ĭheck out: A first look at Toyota’s new RAV4 plug-in hybrid Here’s what we know ![]() Based on Nissan’s reinvention of itself, that base model will probably include some premium features with the option to add more. That “around $40,000 price” will probably be for the base model. It also tells us that there will be varying models with different ranges, likely, costing more or less depending on how far you want to go on a single charge. ![]() Nissan says the range of 300 miles is a “preliminary Nissan estimate for the long-range 2WD model.” That’s kind of a loaded statement because it tells us that there will be an all-wheel-drive version, which Nissan has confirmed. Nissan is aiming for 40% of its total US sales to be electric by 2030.The Ariya will be available for sale as early as the fall of 2021. Next year, the crew will move from virtual reality to the real one once the assembly equipment is installed. The automaker is sending its top engineers and technicians from the Canton plant to Japan to learn the new vehicle tech and manufacturing processes using virtual reality and other software. Although the assembly lines are not expected to arrive until next year, training the workforce is already underway. Nissan is already preparing the facility. You can’t shortchange the future while continuing to work on today. It’s OK to be a little bit suboptimal in the last months of a particular vehicle or project’s life to that we’re fully optimizing for the start of the next. Johnson has a clear message for the team – prioritize the EV line. Infiniti Qs Inspiration electric sedan concept (Source: Infiniti) The company says about a fifth of the trim and chassis work is automated with EVs, compared to just 6% to 10% with ICE vehicles. Nissan’s new EV platforms will help streamline production with more automation. He said, “You adjust to the technology first, and then you figure out how to adjust everyone in the facility to that new technology, whether it’s product technology … or the manufacturing technology that comes with the vehicles.” The manufacturing strategy, according to Johnson, will be key. Johnson explained, “They’re all new platforms, new technology, and more connectivity.” Nissan Ariya electric SUV (Source: Nissan) Upgrading Canton to become North America’s EV hub Nissan says its learning from its first-generation models and applying the lessons learned to its next-gen EVs. Ariya deliveries began in the US in late 2022, and it is already outselling the decade-old LEAF through the first half of the year. It took Nissan over a decade to release its second EV, the 2023 Ariya electric SUV. Nissan, once considered an EV industry pioneer for releasing the LEAF in 2010 as one of the first mass-market EVs, has struggled to keep pace with Tesla and the industry’s rapid advancements. Johnson told Automotive News last week, “Canton will be North America’s electrification hub for the next five to six years.” He explained, “That’s where we’re going to bring in the new platforms, the new technology.” 2024 Nissan LEAF (Source: Nissan) Nissan IMs electric sports sedan concept (Source: Nissan) Nissan’s electric transitionĭavid Johnson, Nissan North America’s senior vice president of manufacturing and supply chain management, is in charge of the plant’s transformation. According to AutoForecast Solutions, the Canton facility is running at just over half its 410,000 annual capacity. The plant has ample space for that growth. In the following two years, Nissan will build a couple of electric crossovers. According to Nissan’s supplier production schedule (via Automotive News), the first EV models will be a pair of electric sedans starting in 2026. ![]() Initial plans called for two new Nissan and Infiniti EV models to be built at the facility, with production slated to begin in 2025. The Japanese automaker revealed a $500 million investment last February to transform its Canton facility to build new Nissan and Infiniti EVs. Since 2003, Nissan’s Canton assembly plant has produced over 5 million vehicles, and it will now become the automaker’s EV manufacturing and tech center to advance its transition as the industry goes electric. New Nissan electric sedans will be built in the US
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