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Government, Business, Technology, Equipment

Nissan Technicians Can Vote on Union, NLRB Rules

A group of around 86 Nissan North America Inc. technicians at a Tennessee manufacturing plant can vote on unionization, the U.S. labor board ruled.

February 3, 2023
Business, Technology

Renault Empowers CEO de Meo as Nissan Talks Drag On

Renault SA鈥檚 board named CEO Luca de Meo as a director and reappointed Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard for another four-year term, a sign of support for their plan to reshape the partnership with Nissan Motor Co.

December 16, 2022
Business, Technology, Autonomous

Smart Robots Do All the Work at Nissan鈥檚 鈥業ntelligent鈥 Plant

KAMINO KAWA, Japan 鈥 Nissan鈥檚 鈥渋ntelligent factory鈥 hardly has any human workers. The robots do the work, including welding and mounting. They do the paint jobs and inspect their own paint jobs.

October 8, 2021
Government, Business, Technology

American Father-Son Duo Sentenced for Helping Carlos Ghosn Escape

The father and son who smuggled Carlos Ghosn out of Japan in a large musical-equipment case were sentenced to time in prison for their role in helping Nissan Motor Co.鈥檚 former chairman flee trial in 2019.

July 19, 2021
Government, Business

US Father-Son Duo Charged With Helping Ghosn Flee Plead Guilty

The American father-son duo charged with helping former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn flee trial in Japan a year and a half ago pleaded guilty in a Tokyo court June 14.

June 14, 2021
Government, Business

Japan Charges Two Americans With Helping Ghosn Escape

TOKYO 鈥 Japanese prosecutors charged two Americans, Michael Taylor and his son Peter, March 22 in the escape of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn to Lebanon, while he was out on bail.

March 22, 2021
Government, Business

Fugitive Carlos Ghosn Aims to Settle Scores in Book

Executive-turned-international fugitive Carlos Ghosn is gunning for revenge in a new book published this week about the events surrounding his arrest in Tokyo two years ago, 130-day Japanese imprisonment and dramatic escape to Lebanon.

November 4, 2020
Government, Business

Ghosn鈥檚 Suspected Escape Accomplices Arrested in Boston

Two men charged in Japan with aiding the escape of Carlos Ghosn were arrested in Massachusetts the morning of May 20 and are being held for possible extradition.

May 20, 2020
Business, Safety

Nissan Recalls More Than 250,000 Vehicles to Replace Takata Air Bags

Nissan is recalling more than a quarter-million SUVs, trucks and vans worldwide to replace potentially dangerous Takata air bag inflators.

April 2, 2020
Government, Business, Equipment

Nissan Warns About Future of European Plants as Brexit Weighs

Nissan Motor Co. gave the starkest warning yet on the future of the Japanese group鈥檚 car factories in western Europe, with a plant in the U.K. threatened by Brexit and another in Spain suffering from a slump in demand.

February 24, 2020