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According to Nikkei News, Nissan plans to build new battery recycling plants in the United States and Europe by the end of fiscal year 2025, a move aimed at reducing product costs. It is understood that due to the price increase of rare metals, Nissan hopes that batteries can be reused for electric vehicles through recycling, thus reducing the production cost of electric vehicles, which also means that the new battery recycling plant will become the first battery recycling facilities established by Nissan outside China, but Nissan has not disclosed the location of European factories at present. Nissan has not responded to this matter yet.

At present, the growth prospect of electric vehicle market is broad. In the next 10 years, it is expected that the annual sales volume of electric vehicles in the world will increase from the current 1 million vehicles to more than 10 million vehicles. From another level, the battery recycling industry will also usher in new opportunities. According to relevant data statistics, the accumulated retired power batteries in China will exceed 200,000 tons (about 25GWh) in 2020, and the market scale will reach 10 billion yuan. It is estimated that by 2027, China's battery recycling volume is expected to reach an all-time high of 780,000 tons. Industry sources pointed out: From this data, perhaps in the next five years, the domestic battery recycling industry will enter the best time for development, the scale of the industry will reach 226.2 billion yuan.

Nissan is an early leader in the electric vehicle industry. In terms of battery factories, Nissan already has battery factories in the United States, Britain and Japan, which can produce a total of about 7.5 gigawatt hours of batteries per year. Nissan will further expand battery production capacity around the world to power new cars. Its goal is to have a battery capacity of about 52 gigawatt hours by 2026.

Nissan, one of the first joint ventures to enter the Chinese market, has been active in the field of electric vehicles recently. On November 29 last month, Nissan announced another electric plan. Nissan plans to invest 2 trillion yen (US $17.6 billion) in the next five years to convert more product lines into electric vehicles, such as adding 20 new electric vehicles to its product range. Nissan also said it will launch 23 electrified vehicles in fiscal 2030, including 15 electric vehicles. Nissan hopes to reach 50% of global electric-drive models under its Nissan and Infiniti brands by fiscal year 2030 (April 1, 2030-March 31, 2031). By fiscal year 2026 (2026.4.1-2027.3.31), the sales volume of Nissan's electric drive vehicles in China will account for more than 40% of the total sales volume of vehicles, while the data of Europe, Japan and the United States will be more than 75%, 55% and 40% respectively. In addition, Nissan also announced that it will launch an electric vehicle equipped with all-solid-state batteries (ASSB) by fiscal year 2028, and if there are no accidents, it will be able to build a pilot plant in Yokohama, Japan as early as fiscal year 2024. Nissan has also announced a series of investment plans, including a $1.4 billion production center for battery-powered vehicles in the UK, which is expected to provide electric cars for 100,000 vehicles a year, in addition to news that Nissan's highly anticipated Ariya SUV and other electric models will also enter the market.

In terms of market performance, Nissan's large sales volume has been greatly affected by the shortage of chips. In October and November this year, Nissan cut its global production plan for these two months by 30% due to the global shortage of chips. Earlier in September, Nissan asked its suppliers to raise chip inventory levels from the traditional three months to five months, also in the face of global chip shortages. In terms of automobile sales, according to Nissan China data, Dongfeng Nissan sales fell 16.1%, 19.0%, 20.3%, 9.1%, 28.9%, 23.3% and 29.2% year-on-year respectively from May to November, that is to say, Dongfeng Nissan experienced a year-on-year decline for seven consecutive months. The latest data show that Dongfeng Nissan sold 111,097 new vehicles in November, up 3.8% month-on-month; from January to November this year, Dongfeng Nissan terminal cumulative sales reached 1,032,406 vehicles, up 4.6% year-on-year, and has achieved 88.2% of the annual sales target.

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