Nissan and Honda Collaborate on Next-Gen SDV Platform with New Strategic Partnership
MOU signed to deepen strategic partnership
Next-generation SDV platform
Joint research agreement on fundamental technologies for next-generation SDV platform
The next-generation SDV platform is the cornerstone of the field of intelligence. The two companies have agreed to conduct joint research on fundamental technologies and have begun research.
Nissan and Honda aim to complete basic research in approximately one year and based on the results consider the possibility of mass production development.
Major areas of cooperation in the MOU on deepening the strategic partnership
Batteries
Batteries are key components of EVs, and the two companies will consider the scope of cooperation from a short-term and medium- to long-term perspective. This includes sharing specifications and mutual supply.
Bringing together the battery technologies and assets of both companies will enable offering a wide range of battery options, from high-output to low-cost models, as well as cost reduction effects through investment diversification and risk-hedging, and deliver the advantage of volume.
The two companies have reached a basic agreement to commonize the specifications of their battery cell modules for EVs from a medium- to long-term perspective, with the aim of enabling the batteries they plan to procure to be usable in vehicles from both companies.
Honda and Nissan will study the supply of lithium-ion batteries for EVs manufactured by L-H Battery Company, Inc., a joint venture between Honda and LG Energy Solution, to Nissan in North America after 2028.
e-Axles
The two companies have reached a basic agreement to commonize the specifications of their respective e-Axles, over the medium to long term, to be used in the next-generation EVs of both companies.
The agreed first step is to share motors and inverters, the core of the e-Axle.
Mutual vehicle complementation
With the models to be sold globally by Nissan and Honda, the two companies will consider supplementing models from a short-term to medium- to long-term perspective.
For the short-term, Nissan and Honda reached a basic agreement on models and regions to be complemented by each company, and also agreed on the outline of a product review system to be jointly operated by both companies.
ICE and EVs are being considered as vehicles for mutual complementation.
Energy services and resource circulation in Japan
The two companies also agreed to study the possibility of cooperation in the areas of energy services and resource circulation in Japan, including charging, energy equipment, energy services utilizing batteries, and charging services.