Nissan is Canada for long-term investments to create an internal supply chain for electric vehicles.
• Essentially, the company needs to be more autonomous and distance between its factories and component suppliers.
Nissan recently offered the Ariya and LEAF, but several electric cars are on the way.
Supply chain issues over the past year have made automakers aware of one thing: you only value what you do!As a result, many are looking for answers to greater autonomy.
There are also geographical considerations. The closer you are to what you need, the less difficult it will be to stay in your operations.
At the Automotive News Canada 2023 convention held in Toronto as part of this year’s auto show, Jérémie Papin, Nissan’s president for the Americas, said the company will invest in its electric vehicle supply chain in Canada.
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“Canada is Nissan’s fifth-largest market, and we are fully committed to the country,” Papin said in his speech in Toronto. “We have a lot of characteristics if we’re looking to regionalize the supply chain and Canada is a smart position to bring together batteries and also source materials. “
He also discussed this in light of geographical considerations.
“We have been more successful in doubling our source, which is now closer to where we produce, resulting in a stronger supply chain. “
He added that Canada “has a lot to offer when we look at how to build this supply chain and how to participate in it. “
Over the past year, Ontario and Quebec have attracted billions in vehicle investments.
Stellantis and LG Energy Solution last year unveiled plans to build a five-billion-dollar battery plant in Windsor, Ontario. Meanwhile, Volkswagen chose Canada as an imaginable location for its first battery plant in North America.
In Quebec, a $500 million cathode production plant is under construction as part of a component partnership between General Motors (GM) and Posco Chemical. The new plant will get batteries for GM’s long-life electric vehicles.
“We have 3 vehicle assembly plants in Mexico and two in the United States,” Papan said. “If I allocate a five- to six-year timeframe, I don’t see the need for plant, but there are other tactics to grow abundantly in Canada and elsewhere.
Especially considering that Nissan’s electric offerings will arguably not only include LEAF and Ariya in a few years. Many other models will be on the menu.
In short, it is an attractive factor to take into account, because in addition to addressing an issue that interests us, the arrival of new cars on the streets, it also contemplates the creation of tasks, an issue that concerns us all.