YOKOHAMA, Japan—Nissan Motor Co. recently produced its 500,000th LEAF, the world’s first mass-market 100 percent electric car.

SMYRNA, TN—Production of the 2021 Nissan Rogue launched at the Nissan North America vehicle assembly plant here on schedule, despite pandemic setbacks.

DETROIT--Nissan Motor Co. will need to build a new factory if it keeps growing in the lucrative American auto market, says Jose Munoz, chairman of Nissan North America. The addition would have to be a standalone new factory because the company's existing plants in Tennessee and Mississippi are "maxed out," according to Munoz.

YOKOHAMA, Japan--Nissan Motor Co. is attempting to foster a corporate culture that produces manufacturing innovations in leaps and bounds instead of steady incremental improvement. Corporate Vice President Atsuhiko Hayakawa says the new approach is called kakushin, which means to deliver change that's a multiple of a previous improvement.