Nissan counts four decades of vehicle production in the U.S.

The story began on June 16, 1983, when the first vehicle built by Nissan in the U.S., a white 720 pickup truck, rolled off the assembly line in Smyrna, marking the start of car production in Tennessee.

Since then, Nissan has expanded its footprint in the U.S., including an engine plant in Decherd, Tennessee in 1997 and a vehicle assembly plant in Canton, Mississippi in 2003. Collectively, these facilities have built nearly 20 million vehicles and 13 million engines in the U.S. for customers around the world.

“Αυτή η ιστορία  που ξεκίνησε με ένα φορτηγό, έχει μετατραπεί σε τέσσερις δεκαετίες κατασκευαστικής αριστείας”, δήλωσε ο Πρόεδρος της Nissan Americas, Jérémie Papin. “Αυτό το ορόσημο δεν αφορά μόνο τα προϊόντα που κατασκευάσαμε και πουλήσαμε τα τελευταία 40 χρόνια.  Αφορά επίσης και τους περισσότερους από 21.000 εργαζομένους της Nissan στις Η.Π.Α. που θα μας πάνε στο μέλλον μας,  το “εξηλεκτρισμένο” μας μέλλον,  και θα συνεχίσουν να βελτιώνουν τα προϊόντα και τις υπηρεσίες μας.”

 

Stronger communities

Nissan is also proud of its support for local communities. Over the past 40 years, the company and its manufacturing workforce have positively impacted local communities through charitable contributions and volunteering, with examples of activities such as the following:

• 000 hours of volunteering
• 38 houses built with Habitat for Humanity
• Almost 26.000.000$ in United Way donations
• Almost 2.000.000$ in educational scholarships
• Over 17,000 litres of blood donated to the American Red Cross

 

"Electrified" future

The vehicles of the near future are connected and electric. Nissan is supporting this transition by building the factories of the future today as part of its long-term vision, Ambition 2030, which includes a plan for 27 electric models worldwide, including 19 pure electric vehicles, by 2030.

In 2022, Nissan announced a $500 million investment to transform its Canton, Mississippi facility into a U.S. electric vehicle production center to support the production of two all-new, all-electric vehicles in 2025. This investment is one of several the company plans in the U.S. over the next five years, supporting its goal of 40% of its vehicles sold in the U.S. being all-electric by 2030.