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Update: Nissan confirmed to Motor1 in an email that this recent news will not affect the next-generation Nissan Leaf. The new Leaf is still scheduled to debut this year. The story has been updated accordingly.

The smaller the car company, the more conservative the approach to electrification—that seems to be the theme, anyway. While some automakers have pushed forward with full-on EV efforts, other automakers have been testing the waters with much more subtle efforts to understand just how customers will respond to a changing…

The plot thickens in the proposed merger between Honda and Nissan. Those familiar with the corporate automotive space will know French automaker Renault currently owns 35.7 percent of Nissan. It seems Honda doesn't like that. The Japanese automaker reportedly prefers to merge with a wholly owned Nissan, and has asked…

What began as a celebration of Japan's custom car culture is a now a major event for many of the country's biggest automakers. We round up the news from Tokyo Auto Salon 2025

This is the Nissan N7. We’ve seen it before a few times now; first in concept form at the Beijing Show of 2024, then later that year in production-intent form by November. A few days ago, the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) exposed the final production model…

In what is now an annual tradition at Motor1, we’re kicking off 2025 by sending lots of emails to automakers to see what manual transmission sales were like the previous year. This gives us a look at the state of the manual in America, where it is certainly not the…

Nissan and Honda announced fusion recently. By the end of 2023, the Renault-Nissan Alliance, which had existed since 1999, is usually described as having come to an end. Common structures, such as the jointly created purchasing company, are dissolved. However, the relationship between the two companies continues (along with the…

No matter what type of car you drive, cold weather means the fuel efficiency will go down. In the case of combustion cars, the fuel consumption will go up because cold air is denser than warm air, and because the fluids are colder, which leads to increased friction.

Nissan creates a one-off electrified R32 GT-R Skyline to safeguard the legacy of an automotive icon.