Nissan, Mitsubishi, NMKV hit 50k-production milestone for mini EV

Nissan Motor Company Limited , Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, and NMKV Co., Ltd. (NMKV) has reached the 50,000-unit production milestone almost a year after they started producing miniature electric vehicles.

In a statement, Nissan said that the 50,000 mini EV examples — produced at Mitsubishi Motors' Mizushima Plant in Okayama Prefecture, Japan — are the Sakura and Mitsubishi eK X EV.

Per Nissan, the two models are a new generation of mini vehicles that are planned, developed, and managed by NMKV, a joint venture between Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors.

The two nameplates have received numerous accolades such as the 2022-2023 Japan Car of the Year award, RJC Car of the Year award, and Japan Automotive Hall of Fame (JAHFA) Car of the Year award.

Further, Nissan said that the company and its partner Mitsubishi achieved high-quality and cost-competitive production “by combining Nissan's cutting-edge EV production technologies with the EV-mini vehicle production technologies that Mitsubishi Motors developed through production of the i-MiEV, the world's first mass-produced electric vehicle, and the Minicab MiEV.”

Through NMKV, Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors will continue to further enhance the Sakura and eK X EV as products and deliver them to even more customers in Japan.

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