Nissan bets on EV supremacy for growth, CEO says

Uchida doesn't deny possibility of further alliance expansion in future

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Nissan President and CEO Makoto Uchida poses in front of an Ariya electric vehicle at the company's headquarters in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)

AKITO TANAKA, Nikkei senior staff writer

YOKOHAMA, Japan -- Nissan President and CEO Makoto Uchida says the automaker will "take advantage of the scale of the alliance" with Renault and Mitsubishi Motors in electrification technology, which he sees as a source of future revenue. He also says electrification may drive a restructuring in the auto industry and didn't deny the possibility of expanding the alliance.

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