Blog of RENAULT NISSAN Alliance

March 24 - Companies in The Netherlands have this week taken delivery of the Nissan LEAF, hot on the heels of the first deliveries in the UK.
LeasePlan, the City of Amsterdam and BAM Building Contractors received a total of 18 white LEAFs from a Nissan dealer in Amsterdam. During the next few weeks, another 82 cars will be delivered in the Netherlands.

Mark Goodier is a DJ with popular radio station Smooth FM and a long-time EV enthusiast while electronics engineer Richard Todd and his wife Jane were the very first people to place an order for the LEAF when the books opened in September.

Yokohama, Japan - March 20, 2011 - We at Nissan express our deepest condolences to the victims of the earthquake, and extend our deepest sympathy to those individuals and families still suffering from the disaster. Nissan is committed to making all efforts to support the restoration of the areas impacted by the earthquake, with sincere hopes that relief and recovery progresses as quickly as possible.

Renault has launched an emergency campaign to come to the aid of those hit by the disaster in Japan.

The company will donate €500,000 to the Red Cross and will enable those of its employees wishing to do so to make donations – promising to match the total.

Yokohama, Japan – March 16, 2011 – An update to previous reports regarding the impact of the recent earthquake on Nissan and the facilities of our affiliated companies.

Forecast on future production

Although all plants, except for the Iwaki engine plant, have been able to repair some damaged facilities and/or equipment, it is still taking time to arrange delivery of parts from our suppliers.

Forecasts on Production

As an update to previous reports regarding the recent earthquake’s impact to Nissan and our affiliates’ facilities, the following is the latest update on our manufacturing operations. Additionally, taking into account the severity of the situation, Nissan will make its utmost efforts to provide support to restoration activities.

Discover the interview

Renault-Nissan Alliance team: Now we are talking with Victor Nacif. Victor is responsible for design at Nissan Design Europe. Victor, we are standing in front of the Nissan ESFLOW concept car, which has been created in Japan. What are your first impressions?

Renault-Nissan Alliance team: We are here with Anthony Lo, who is responsible of exterior design at Renault. What is Renault showing at Geneva?
Anthony Lo: We have the second and third concept cars, after the DeZir, in a series that shows our new design strategy.

At 14:46 JST, a strong earthquake hit Northern Japan. The following is a report related to Nissan operations.