This Nissan Factory Could Be Saved By The Company That Builds The iPhone

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A new deal between Nissan and Foxconn to allow the latter to build electric vehicles at the Oppama plant could save the Yokosuka-based facility. 

Nissan’s Oppama plant – which employed around 3,900 people as of the end of October, 2024 – faced potential closure earlier this year amid the Japanese car maker’s ongoing financial difficulties

Announced in May, the RE:Nissan plan has set out to achieve over 500 Billion Yen (Approximately 5.3 Billion AUD) in cost savings and includes the closure of seven out Nissan’s seventeen factories

However, a deal between Foxconn and Nissan would see the Taiwanese electronics manufacturer build their own electric vehicles at the facility.  

Foxconn – also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. – is the largest electronics manufacturer in the world and is also the largest manufacturer of the iPhone. 

In 2020 – in a joint venture with the Yulon group – Foxconn founded an electric vehicle subsidiary company called Foxtron

The company’s first concept car –  the Foxtron Model C – was unveiled in 2021, and is currently sold in Taiwan as the Luxgen N7, with other Foxtron models soon to be sold elsewhere. 

Foxconn’s potential factory collaboration with Nissan is the latest show of its ties with the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance

In May of this year, it was confirmed that a Mitsubishi-badged Foxconn vehicle would be launched in Australia in 2026, expected to be a rebadged Foxtron Model B.

Prior to this – in February – Foxconn announced its intention to collaborate with Nissan after its aborted merger with Honda, but crucially did not plan to acquire the company. 

Collaborations between Nissan and Foxconn – rather than buyout – would allow Foxconn to manufacture its vehicles without inheriting Nissan’s financial difficulties and allow both companies to benefit from each other's technological expertise. 

Should the Oppama plant partnership go ahead, this would likely involve Foxconn using under-utilised lines at the factory to build their cars.
Crucially the plant would be kept open, saving jobs and preventing substantial economic fallout in the Kanagawa Prefecture where the factory is based. 

Whether or not the collaboration will go ahead is yet to be confirmed, as are its specific details. 

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Who is potentially saving Nissan's Oppama factory?

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Foxconn, who also build the iPhone, may strike a deal with Nissan to keep the Oppama factory open.

Who are Foxconn?

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Foxconn is the largest electronics manufacturer in the world, and have recently expanded into the automotive industry with their brand, Foxtron.

Is Foxconn going to buy Nissan?

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Foxconn is not going to buy Nissan, but instead plans to collaborate with them as a means of a manufacturing their vehicles. It is also a useful opportunity for the two companies to share technical expertise.

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Jack MacKenzie first wrote about cars at the age of 11 as “The Car Buyer of the Future” for Best Selling Cars Blog, having already spent the previous year creating car videos of his own. This set him off down the road to becoming an automotive journalist, joining CarSauce as a university graduate 11 years later. Jack made a name for himself in the world of motorsport, both real and virtual. He published videos on YouTube with a heavy focus on sports car and endurance racing, and has previously written for The Checkered Flag, Coach Dave Academy, Sim Grid and SimStaff. Jack’s daily driver is a 916 Alfa Romeo Spider, and on the weekends, he races go-karts in endurance races across his home state of New South Wales.
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