Nissan Motor plans to low CO2 emission aluminum parts made from green or recycled aluminum in new and current models from fiscal year 2024. Aluminum accounts for approximately 10 percent of vehicle weight.
By 2030, Nissan Motor aims to use recycled aluminum parts in all vehicles as part of its strategy towards achieving carbon neutrality by using low CO2 emission aluminum.
Nissan aims to achieve carbon neutrality in the entire lifecycle of its vehicles by 2050.
Green aluminum, which is produced using non-fossil fuel-derived electricity, can cut CO2 emissions during production by approximately 50 percent. Recycled aluminum can reduce CO2 emissions by approximately 95 percent. Nissan purchases low CO2 emission aluminum sheets for vehicle panels produced in Japan from Kobe Steel and UACJ Corporation.
Going forward, Nissan will use low CO2 emission aluminum for all aluminum parts, including processed components, globally, to reduce CO2 emissions.
Nissan will use low CO2 emission aluminum for all new models produced from fiscal year 2027.
From this fiscal year, Nissan aims to start purchasing wheels, chassis parts, axle parts and harness wires made from green aluminum in Japan, the United States, and Europe for current models.
As a result, by the end of fiscal year 2024 approximately 20 percent of the newly mined aluminum Nissan uses for car parts procured in those markets is expected to be replaced with green or recycled aluminum.