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Last month, Nissan announced plans to cut 20,000 jobs and close seven factories worldwide amid growing financial pressure and intensifying competition in the electric vehicle (EV) market. However, the company has yet to confirm whether its South African operations will be directly affected.
Nissan’s long-standing presence in South Africa may be at risk as the Japanese automaker undergoes a sweeping global restructuring plan, raising fears over the future of its Rosslyn plant near Pretoria.
Last month, Nissan announced plans to cut 20,000 jobs and close seven factories worldwide amid growing financial pressure and intensifying competition in the electric vehicle (EV) market. However, the company has yet to confirm whether its South African operations will be directly affected.
Nissan has been a fixture in the South African auto industry for over six decades, evolving from an assembly plant in 1963 to full-scale production a decade later. But as global trends shift rapidly toward green energy and electric mobility, industry experts say Nissan’s lagging performance in the EV sector may be to blame for its current struggles.
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