The Renault Nissan Alliance wants to achieve annual vehicle sales of more than 10m units in three to five years, up from the current 7.3m units according to Mainichi newspaper.
It quoted chief executive Carlos Ghosn, but gave no further details. Ghosn also told Japanese press that Nissan’s earthquake-stricken factory in Fukushima prefecture will soon resume full operations.
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He added that the disaster would not stop the company from attempting to meet its target of record global sales volume for a second year in a row, in fiscal 2011.
The Fukushima plant, which supplies engines to Nissan’s manufacturing units in Japan and abroad, suffered the worst damage among the carmaker’s facilities due to its relatively close proximity to the epicentre of the 11 March earthquake.
The factory is expected to be back to its normal two shifts next week, the Nikkei newspaper reported, and Nissan is expected to resume normal operations at all of its plants worldwide in October.
Ghosn also dismissed speculation that disaster-induced blackouts will impede the spread of electric vehicles.
