Nissan to cut 9,000 jobs, misread demand for hybrid vehicles

What’s going on at Nissan?

Grappling with a sales slump, Nissan is slashing approximately 9,000 jobs, or 6.7 per cent of its total workforce, and reducing its global manufacturing capacity by 20 per cent.

During a press conference, CEO Makoto Uchida told reporters that the Japanese automaker misread demand for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) in the United States.

“We didn’t foresee HEVs ramping up this rapidly,” Uchida said.

“We did start to understand this trend towards the end of last fiscal year.”

He refused to provide any details on the timing or location of the layoffs.

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Impact on Canadian staff

Samfiru Tumarkin LLP is working to determine if Canadian employees are affected by the latest round of job cuts at Nissan.

According to LinkedIn, the company has more than 800 workers in the country.

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