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Risen from the dead! Honda-Nissan merger reanimates with both still keen to join forces to fund future EV and next-gen tech

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Honda dumps GM, plans new family of affordable electric cars with Nissan Just last week both Honda and Nissan confirmed that talks between the two had collapsed. might be wary of installing a westerner when Carlos Ghosns time as boss ended with him under arrest, then escaping and now on the run in Lebanon.

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Nissan Has a Turnaround Plan That Involves Cheaper EVs and Other Electrified Models

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Its former CEO had to flee Japan and is currently hiding in Lebanon, and several high-value employees left shortly after. Now, the company has reportedly backed out of a tentative deal to invest in Fisker and is eying the possibility that China could eat everyone’s lunch with affordable EVs.

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EV fightback! Can the 2026 Honda-Nissan-Mitsubishi merger finally get Japan competitive against Tesla and the Chinese?

EV Central

One vocal critic of the merger is former Nissan boss, Carlos Ghosn, who labelled the merger plans as a “desperate move” by companies in “panic mode” Ghosn, who remains on the run in Lebanon, was the 1999 architect of the Nissan-Renault Alliance.

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The War in Ukraine Disrupts Trade in Both Food and Fuel

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Any attempt to reduce imports of its foodstuffs would impose higher prices on precisely those nations that can least afford them. This is because Russia has changed from a proverbial agricultural basket case to a food basket. This article appears in the September 2022 print issue as “Fuel, Food, and War.”.

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Honda-Nissan merger: What it could mean for the global carmakers and the industry

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He eventually was released on bail and fled to Lebanon. Meanwhile, analysts say there is an affordability shift” taking place across the industry, led by people who feel they cannot afford to pay nearly $50,000 for a new vehicle. More headwinds Toyota made 11.5

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