Nissan to use 'green' metals from Kobe Steel in domestic cars

Japanese automaker aims to tackle supply-chain emissions

20221219 Nissan and Kobelco

Nissan will use Kobe Steel products in domestic car brands to tackle carbon dioxide emissions in its supply chain. Kobe Steel Group uses Kobelco as its unified brand name. (Source photos by Reuters and Shihoko Nakaoka) 

SAYUMI TAKE, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Nissan Motor will use "green" steel and aluminum supplied by Kobe Steel in its domestic car brands to lower carbon dioxide emissions in its supply chain, the companies announced on Monday.

Nissan plans to use Kobenable Premier, a steel product launched in May by major Japanese steelmaker Kobe Steel that eliminates CO2 emissions from the manufacturing process, in domestically built Serena minivans to be sold starting in spring 2023, the two companies said in a joint news release.

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