Nissan Motor will have to expand its production capacity in the United States as it introduces new models, the chief executive of Nissan, Carlos Ghosn, has said.
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“There is no doubt we will need more capacity in the US with the product range we’re introducing,” said Ghosn, speaking to Bloomberg News in Atsugi, Japan. “This as a long-term issue.”
The news agency noted that Ghosn said last month that Nissan could use General Motors or Ford factories in the United States, and that he still is seeking a partner in the US market to cut production and purchasing costs, as the automaker plans at least 30 new models after 2008, of which 15 will be introduced in the United States.
Nissan, which has factories in Canton, Mississippi and Smyrna, Tennessee, has the capacity to build 1.3 million vehicles in the United States, and probably needs production capacity of at least 1.6 million vehicles, according to an estimate by Koji Endo, a senior analyst at Credit Suisse Group in Tokyo, Bloomberg News said.
The report added that Ghosn has said that the automaker will probably have to raise production after April 2008, which is the beginning of its next three-year plan.
