Joint mission between Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors marks 10 years

Joint mission between Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors marks 10 years



TOKYO, Jun 01, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – The joint mission between Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Mitsubishi Motors Company, NMKV Co., Ltd., has marked ten years since its founding.

Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors established NMKV on June 1, 2011 as a 50/50 joint mission engaged in product planning and mission management for minivehicles bought in the Japan market. NMKV, with the combined strengths of Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors in fields resembling product planning and vogue, like, and procuring, targets to continuously bring aggressive merchandise to possibilities.

As of Would possibly perhaps furthermore honest this year, combined gross sales of automobiles produced below the joint mission fill reached a cumulative total of 1.52 million items.

Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors collaborate carefully from the product initiating stage whereas pursuing certain designs that embody the 2 manufacturers. This outcomes in fashions with a high stage of competitiveness that fuse the knowhow and developed technologies of the 2 companies. Devices from every manufacturers fill earned high acclaim, with many winning prestigious awards. The most modern Nissan ROOX and Mitsubishi eK home and eK X home were awarded “Okay Car of the Year” in the 2020-2021 Car of the Year Japan awards.

Mitsubishi Motors’ Mizushima Plant has made an investment of spherical eight billion yen, which is the first collaboration between Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors toward initiating production of fresh electric minivehicles, and NMKV is working with every companies to promote this mission. Going forward, NMKV will proceed to contribute to strengthening the home competitiveness of Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors via the planning of fresh and enticing merchandise and mission management.

Commenting on NMKV’s 10 years of operations, Nissan President Makoto Uchida acknowledged, “The minivehicles deliberate and developed via NMKV fill evolved critically over the previous 10 years. The most modern fashions from Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors characteristic many Nissan developed technologies and are designed to love possibilities’ lives more satisfied and thrilling. We can proceed to undertake electrification and self sustaining driving technologies to additional toughen the allure of our merchandise, and we’re going to have the power to noticeably arrive our industry collaboration with Mitsubishi Motors.”

Mitsubishi Motors President Takao Kato acknowledged, “The most modern mannequin in the eK series, celebrating its 20th anniversary, is a reliable, satisfied mini-wagon that mixes Mitsubishi Motors’ 60 years of abilities in minivehicle manufacturing with Nissan’s developed technologies below the mission management of NMKV. Going forward, we’re going to have the power to proceed to toughen cooperation with Nissan and NMKV to present merchandise that pleasure our possibilities.”

NMKV President Junichi Endo acknowledged, “NMKV is combining basically the most easy of Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors to love appealing automobiles for Japan’s national car, the minivehicle. Going forward, the three companies will proceed to toughen the source of their strength, Eastern manufacturing capabilities, and sinful-company and sinful-helpful collaboration to promote even better automobile manufacturing via the teamwork of the Alliance.”

About Mitsubishi Motors

Mitsubishi Motors Company (TSE: 7211), MMC–a member of the Alliance with Renault and Nissan–, is a world automobile company based fully in Tokyo, Japan, which has bigger than 30,000 workers and a world footprint with production facilities in Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, mainland China, the Philippines, Viet Nam and Russia. MMC has a aggressive edge in SUVs, pickup trucks and lunge-in hybrid electric automobiles, and appeals to ambitious drivers appealing to declare convention and embody innovation. For the rationale that production of our first automobile bigger than a century ago, MMC has been a pacesetter in electrification–launched the i-MiEV – the world’s first industrially produced electric automobile in 2009, followed by the Outlander PHEV – the world’s first lunge-in hybrid electric SUV in 2013. MMC presented a 3-year industry belief in July 2020 to introduce more aggressive and cutting-edge fashions, in conjunction with the Eclipse Adverse PHEV (PHEV mannequin), the all-fresh Outlander and the all-fresh Triton/L200.

For more facts on MMC, please consult with the corporate’s online page online at https://www.mitsubishi-motors.com/en/.

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