Nissan

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Native name
日産自動車株式会社
Nissan Jidōsha kabushiki gaisha
Company typePublic (kabushiki gaisha)
IndustryAutomotive
Founded26 December 1933 (1933-12-26) (under Nissan Group)[1][2]
Founders
  • Masujiro Hashimoto[3]
  • DAT line:
    • Kenjiro Den
    • Rokuro Aoyama
    • Meitaro Takeuchi
  • Yoshisuke Aikawa
  • William R. Gorham
Headquarters
Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
,
Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
ProductsAutomobiles, luxury vehicles, commercial vehicles, outboard motors, forklift trucks
Production output
3,250,800 units (2022)[4]
Revenue ¥10,596.695 billion (FY 2022)[5]
¥377.109 billion (FY 2022)[5]
¥221.900 billion (FY 2022)[5]
Total assets ¥17,598.581 billion (FY 2022)[5]
Total equity ¥5,328.721 billion (FY 2022)[5]
OwnerRenault (15% voting rights)[a][6]
Number of employees
131,461 (2022)[5]
Divisions
Subsidiaries
List
  • Transportation:
  • Nissan Commercial Vehicles
  • Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. (50%)
  • Nissan Shatai (43%)
  • Mitsubishi Motors (34%)
  • NMKV (50%)
  • Other:
  • Nissan Techno
  • Jatco
  • International:
  • Nissan Australia
  • Nissan Ibérica
  • Nissan India
  • Nissan Indonesia
  • Nissan New Zealand
  • Nissan Philippines
  • Nissan South Africa
  • Nissan UK
  • Nissan USA
Websitewww.nissan-global.com

Nissan (In Japanese: 日産自動車株式会社; Nissan Jidōsha Kabushikigaisha) is a company from Japan that makes vehicles, including automobiles, trucks, and buses. In the United States it was previously called Datsun.[7] 1933

Nissan makes cars under its own name, while its luxury cars have the brand Infiniti. In 1999, it made a partnership with Renault of France, and was joined by Mitsubishi Motors in 2016.[8]

Vehicles

Notes

  1. Renault has more shares in a French trust on which it has financial control but it can only use for further voting rights in a few limited circumstances.

References

  1. "Brief History of Nissan Motor Company". Brief History of Nissan Motor Company. Archived from the original on 9 May 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  2. "History of Nissan Motors". National Science Museum of Japan. National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  3. "Masujiro Hashimoto". Japan Automobile Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  4. "Nissan Production, Sales and Export Results for December and Calendar Year 2022". Nissan. 30 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 "FY2022 consolidated financial results. Japanese accounting standards" (PDF). Nissan. pp. 6–7. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  6. "Renault Group and Nissan announce the completion of their agreements framing the foundations of the new chapter of the Alliance" (Press release). Nissan. 8 November 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  7. Eichmann, Tomasa (14 June 2023). "About Nissan". Nissan. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  8. Jie, Ma (20 October 2016). "Nissan Seals $2.3 Billion Mitsubishi Motors Stake Deal". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 9 March 2018.

Other websites

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