The US electric car company Tesla Could soon be with the troubled Japanese car company, according to a newspaper report Nissan get in. A high -ranking group of Japanese, who also belongs to a former prime minister, has plans for a participation of the of Elon Musk (53) guided US corporation worked out to Nissan, writes the “Financial Times
“(” FT “) on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. Recently there were merger talks between Nissan and the domestic rival Honda failed
. Nissan’s share price attracted a good 10 percent on the Tokyo stock exchange.
This means that the Japanese car manufacturer comes to a market capitalization of the equivalent of almost 11 billion euros. For comparison: Tesla is worth almost 1.1 trillion euros on the stock exchange.
The new proposal under the direction of the former Tesla board member Hiro Mizuno (59) is supported by Japan’s ex-Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and his former advisor Hiroto Izumi, according to the “FT”. The group hopes that Tesla will become a strategic investor and also assume that the US group is interested in Nissan’s factories in the USA have. Because: These factories would help Tesla, the domestic production in response to the customs threats of the new US president Donald Trump (78) to strengthen.
The new considerations for the future of Nissan will follow the recent demolition of merger talks with Honda. The Japanese carmakers had actually hoped to better together against the weakening business in China as well as being able to defend the strengthening competition in the growing electric car market. Japanese automobile manufacturers have fallen behind globally in this area. Tesla and the Chinese manufacturer Byd put pressure on the Japanese in the USA and China.
The French carmaker is involved in Nissan Renault. However, the mood between Renault and Nissan has been cloudy in the face of increasing rivalries and mutual suspicions. Renault had therefore partially dissolved the alliance forged in 1999 and recently sold Nissan shares gradually. However, the French still keep almost 36 percent of the Japanese automobile manufacturer.