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Ivan Espinosa tells Automotive News the 2 things he must improve at Nissan, his biggest regret on the job, and what inspired him to join the company – all while giving a deeper glimpse at the man behind Nissan’s metal.
Recasens will replace Renault Group CEO Luca de Meo at the head of Ampere, which includes all of Renault's EV activities, including factories.
The Sandero's winning streak looks set to continue. Other cars with big gains included the VW Tiguan, Dacia Duster and Toyota C-HR.
Foxconn will work with new Japanese customers to develop electric vehicles, according to a report.
In this week’s edition of Automotive News, we take a deep look at incoming CEO Ivan Espinosa’s long to-do list at Nissan and the sizable obstacles blocking the Japanese carmaker's road to quick recovery.
The factory at Sandouville, northern France, makes the Trafic medium van for Renault and Nissan. Commercial van sales have fallen in 2025 amid economic worries.
Nissan product planning boss Ivan Espinosa, tapped to succeed CEO Makoto Uchida, inherits a host of headaches with precious little time to engineer a better trajectory.
Espinosa has overseen global product planning and motorsports, among other areas, since April 2024. He has been involved in global product planning since 2010 and has earlier experience in Southeast Asia and Mexico.
Nissan’s audit committee is expected to meet March 10 before a full board showdown on March 11 to decide deeper restructuring steps and possibly a new CEO.
Philippe Krief, Renault Group chief technology officer, will be a speaker at the Automotive News Europe Congress in Turin on June 12.
