Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan have announced plans to join forces and form the world’s third-largest automaker by sales as the industry undergoes dramatic changes in its transition away from fossil…

Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan have announced plans to join forces and form the world’s third-largest automaker by sales as the industry undergoes dramatic changes in its transition away from fossil fuels.

    • Nindelofocho@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      4 days ago

      If they expanded their lineup to be based on the Leaf EV instead of just leaving it a lil econobox and focusing on their god aweful CVT they may have had been a great early EV competitor. Instead, ownership just kept sucking and sucking the company dry

      • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        4 days ago

        Ya, they really fucked things up. They were so well positioned with their early start if they’d done things better and didn’t rest on it.

        • Nindelofocho@lemmy.worldEnglish
          9·
          4 days ago

          What sucks is that the leaf was a fairly sensible econobox and it was one of the most affordable EVs you could get. All they had to do was build on that!