How Nissan and Honda's $60 billion merger talks collapsed
neuters.de
Intransigence, combined with what Honda management saw as Nissan's slow decision-making, helped torpedo a deal that would have created one of the world's largest automakers.

Summary

  • Nissan’s pride and denial hindered merger talks, sources say
  • Honda pushed Nissan for deeper cuts to jobs, factory capacity, sources say
  • Nissan unwilling to consider factory closures, sources say
  • Honda’s proposal to make Nissan a subsidiary caused tensions, sources say
  • Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    They weren’t dependable is the problem. There were a lot of problems with early deterioration of the battery, supposedly from not having very good temperature control on the battery pack.

    • sugar_in_your_teaEnglish
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      2 hours ago

      Sure, and battery deterioration is largely only a problem if you don’t have much range to begin with. They put larger batteries in after a year or two, which largely solved the problem for the intended use case: around town car.

      But that’s also why I mentioned reliability and price should be the focus. They’re not going to be leading R&D on better battery range, so they might as well focus on a niche.