Nissan and Honda announce merger plans to take on Toyota and Volkswagen

Nissan's Makoto Uchida and Toshihiro Mibe of Honda say the two car manufacturers are in merger negotiations.Car manufacturers Nissan and Honda have signed a joint agreement to explore a merger that would make them the third-largest automakers in the industry.What's next?

Honda's global president and CEO, Toshihiro Mibe, will be appointed as the incoming president of the merged holding company, and both manufacturers' shares would be delisted in 2026 in line with the public listing on stock markets of the holding company. Together, Honda and the Nissan alliance with Renault SA of France and smaller automaker Mitsubishi Motors Corp, would gain scale to compete with Toyota Motor Corp and with Germany's Volkswagen AG.Nissan was an early pioneer in electric vehicles with its all-electric Leaf model.Even after a merger Toyota, which rolled out 11.5 million vehicles in 2023, would remain the leading Japanese automaker.

Honda is Japan's second-largest automaker and is widely viewed as the only likely Japanese partner able to effect a rescue of Nissan.Japanese automakers have lagged behind their big rivals in electric vehicles and are trying to cut costs and make up for lost time.they would share components for electric vehicles

Nissan also has years of experience building batteries and electric vehicles, and gas-electric hybrid powertrains that could help Honda in developing its own EVs and next generation of hybrids, Mr Fiorani said.

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