Nissan Kills US EV Plans to Focus Exclusively on Trucks

Nissan Abandons American EV Production Plans, Shifts Focus to Truck Manufacturing

Nissan has officially canceled its plans to manufacture electric vehicles at its Mississippi assembly plant, opting instead to produce a lineup of body-on-frame trucks and SUVs.

Reality Just Slammed into Nissan: They Ditch EVs and Redirect Focus to Trucks, SUVs in Mississippi - Energy News Beat

Nissan has officially scrapped its ambitious plans to convert its massive Canton, Mississippi, assembly plant into an electric-vehicle (EV) manufacturing hub. Instead, the Japanese automaker is redirecting operations — and a $500 million investment originally earmarked for EVs — toward gas-powered and hybrid trucks and SUVs that American consumers actually want to buy. This isn’t a minor adjustment. It’s a full pivot away from two planned pure-E…

Nissan kills $500M U.S. EV plans, focuses on trucks and SUVs

On the Dash Nissan scraps its $500M EV plan for Canton, MS plant Canton will instead build the new Xterra, a three-row Frontier, and at least three other models. 27% drop in U.S. EV sales and expired tax credits drove the decision. Nissan has abandoned plans to build electric vehicles at its Canton, Mississippi, plant, canceling a $500 million investment and returning the facility to gasoline-powered truck production. The shift comes amid slowi…

Major automaker pulls the plug on ambitious U.S. EV plans

There is an old line I picked up early in covering Detroit: never bet against the American consumer's love of trucks. For the past three years, automakers tried anyway. They poured tens of billions of dollars into electric vehicle factories,…

Nissan kills US EV plans to focus exclusively on trucks

While overall EV sales globally are skyrocketing, and has done for a while, the US remains a big exception. Due to the expiration of a tax rebate, and what is perceived as too high entry prices, companies are reversing on their EV plans in the US market, amongst them being Nissan. According to Automotive News, the Japanese brand has scrapped plans to build two electric vehicles at its Canton, Mississippi plant, despite previously committing aro…