Honda-Nissan’s $60B Deal Fails, Japan Courts Tesla for Investment | Firstpost Tech & Trade

Honda-Nissan’s $60B Deal Fails, Japan Courts Tesla for Investment | Firstpost Tech & Trade | N18G

Honda and Nissan’s ambitious $60 billion merger, which aimed to create the world’s third-largest auto group, has collapsed. The deal, meant to rival Toyota, Tesla, and BYD, fell apart due to corporate culture clashes and leadership disputes. Nissan refused to become a Honda subsidiary and opposed workforce cuts, leading to a breakdown in talks. Now, Nissan is exploring new partnerships, with Taiwan’s Foxconn and even Tesla rumoured as potential investors. A high-level Japanese delegation reportedly courted Tesla to invest in Nissan, hoping it would acquire U.S. plants to counter Trump’s tariff threats. However, Elon Musk has downplayed the reports for now, signalling Tesla’s focus remains on its innovations. Will Tesla ever invest in Nissan? Watch the video to know more.

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17 Comments

@RontonIsrael on March 9, 2025 11:13 am

America first
@DavidHolland-wh1qr on March 9, 2025 12:09 pm

Interesting idea sounds possible
@david-y5e3l on March 9, 2025 12:43 pm

Boycott anything that this Nazi touches.
@grandiora on March 9, 2025 2:22 pm

How old is this news? Heard it 2 weeks ago and you report this 2 hours ago
@marko-ino on March 9, 2025 2:22 pm

Nissan, you don't have the cards to win against bankruptcy.
@waichui2988 on March 9, 2025 4:09 pm

Tesla and Nissan are in different businesses. The EV business is so different from the internal combustion engine car business that an acquisition is just asking for trouble. Tesla would not go buy a chocolate company, would they? Then why should they buy Nissan?
@salimahmed7864 on March 9, 2025 6:00 pm

Success is that you must choose the proper partner, in the proper time, any business or politics, all these people make the wrong choice.
@honestjoe632 on March 9, 2025 8:27 pm

Where does this leave Mitsubishi Motors
@2000Cowboys on March 9, 2025 9:24 pm

Scotty Kilmer YouTube covers this 2 weeks ago.
@mrinmoyroy100 on March 9, 2025 10:06 pm

Don't trust Tesla, Elon Musk danger for japan.
@sferris33 on March 10, 2025 12:48 am

Merging with another ICE company, this didn’t make any sense. It would make more sense if it merged with a Chinese EV company. Thus I suspect both companies will fade into obscurity.
@CatolicosvsProtestantes-zg4kp on March 10, 2025 12:50 am

I work for Nissan manufacturing plant in Tennessee. Line 2 will shut down on April 7th at our plant. It will impact only night shift workers.
@anuragsinha2013 on March 10, 2025 4:20 am

please Honda Nissan don't let Telsa destroy you like Microsoft destroyed Nokia.
@Sheela9999 on March 10, 2025 4:20 am

Nissan has some superb cara and technology — but they cant control cost — tesla is superb in brining cost down
@Pain-zd5uo on March 10, 2025 4:33 am

2:05 RACIST?!?!?
@Blank00 on March 10, 2025 2:45 pm

Well Musk denied any desire to acquire Nissan and Uchida is expected to step down, so the merger still has potential
@konhenry9713 on March 11, 2025 2:52 am

What happen to Foxconn interest?

Did Japan Gov stop them to be Nissan investor or partner?

Personally i never like any Honda vehicles or the Honda brand .