{"id":305028,"date":"2025-06-04T08:23:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T15:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=305028"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:29:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:29:14","slug":"urgent-job-cuts-and-delayed-ev-production-nissans-struggle-for-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/urgent-job-cuts-and-delayed-ev-production-nissans-struggle-for-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Urgent Job Cuts and Delayed EV Production: Nissan&#8217;s Struggle for Recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nissan is in a precarious position as it aggressively implements its \u201cRe:Nissan\u201d recovery plan amidst falling sales and increasing competition in the electric vehicle (EV) market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/japanese-automaker-faces-5-2-billion-loss-as-it-restructures-and-cuts-20000-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"The automaker is targeting a reduction of approximately 20,000 jobs\">The automaker is targeting a reduction of approximately 20,000 jobs<\/a>, equating to 15% of its global workforce, by 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One crucial step in this strategy involves offering buyouts to U.S. workers at its Canton, Mississippi plant, which Nissan describes as pivotal for revitalizing its operations in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83e\uddd0 Nissan is reportedly considering closing its Rosslyn plant in South Africa after nearly 60 years. \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6<br><br>\ud83c\udfed 7 factories to shut in 2 years<br>\u2702\ufe0f 20 000 job cuts worldwide<br><br>Nissan SA says it&#39;s unable to comment on Rosslyn&#39;s fate &quot;at this stage&quot;&#8230;<br><br>\ud83d\udc49 Details: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6apvBh3TJ6\">https:\/\/t.co\/6apvBh3TJ6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/li1Rps8bKz\">pic.twitter.com\/li1Rps8bKz<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Ryan Bubear (@Ryan_Bubear) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ryan_Bubear\/status\/1924329960937861177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nissan Faces Tough Times As It Cuts 20,000 Jobs In Recovery Plan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The urgency of this plan has been underscored by recent setbacks, including Nissan\u2019s decision to halt plans for a new EV battery plant in Japan, which was expected to deliver substantial cost savings in battery production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This facility was slated to produce LFP batteries crucial to their competitors like BYD, who have gained significant traction in the global market. Analysts speculate that the abandonment of this project may hinder Nissan\u2019s competitiveness as lower-cost, more advanced electric vehicles from rivals such as Rivian and Lucid loom on the horizon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the job cuts and buyouts, Nissan is pursuing a financial lifeline, seeking to raise over 1 trillion yen ($6.9 billion) with government support in the UK to help manage a massive upcoming loan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nissan will axe 20,000 jobs and shut down 7 factories.<br><br>The entire Japanese economy will go under with their struggling car industry, which is their last remaining profitable pillar industry.<br><br>Brands like Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi, Mazda, Subaru, Isuzu will disappear or be bought\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VCI39GDpfZ\">pic.twitter.com\/VCI39GDpfZ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Zhao DaShuai \u4e1c\u5317\u8fdb\u4fee\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf3 (@zhao_dashuai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zhao_dashuai\/status\/1922584970318754249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Despite investing $500 million to upgrade its Canton plant for EV production<\/strong>, Nissan has postponed the start of its EV manufacturing until at least 2028, casting doubt on its ability to keep pace with a swiftly evolving market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With a lineup that includes an upgraded LEAF due later this year and a commitment to roll out ten new models by 2027, Nissan\u2019s strategy hinges heavily on its e-Power hybrid technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, some industry experts warn that this focus on hybrids, while trailing competitors in all-electric vehicle innovation, may leave Nissan vulnerable as the automotive landscape shifts towards fully electric solutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nissan is in a precarious position as it aggressively implements its \u201cRe:Nissan\u201d recovery plan amidst falling sales and increasing competition in the electric vehicle (EV) market. The automaker is targeting a reduction of approximately 20,000 jobs, equating to 15% of its global workforce, by 2027. One crucial step in this strategy involves offering buyouts to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/urgent-job-cuts-and-delayed-ev-production-nissans-struggle-for-recovery\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Urgent Job Cuts and Delayed EV Production: Nissan&#8217;s Struggle for Recovery&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9317,"featured_media":298449,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[8319,8773],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6849],"class_list":["post-305028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ev","tag-nissan","content-category-lifestyle"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305028"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":305029,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305028\/revisions\/305029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305028"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=305028"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=305028"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=305028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}