Report: Nissan Ariya, Z Production Slowed by… Paint Problems?

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The 2023 Nissan Z in profile

The 2023 Nissan Ariya is without doubt one of the most compelling new electrical automobiles (EVs). Its clear, spare-but-dynamic design and spacious, refined inside ought to make it a gorgeous various for a lot of buyers on the lookout for one thing that stands out.

The 2023 Nissan Z is as near a assured hit because the automotive business ever manages. It attracts on nostalgia for the nice Z vehicles of the previous, but carries their strains ahead in a contemporary means and places down extra energy than any GR Supra and lots of Mustangs.

However each vehicles have been comparatively uncommon sights on American roads.

It’s not that People aren’t attempting to purchase them, a brand new report says. It’s that Nissan is struggling to construct them.

The hold-up, although, isn’t microchips. It’s paint.

New Processes Imply New Issues

A (translated) report in Japan’s Driver Net quotes a supply inside Nissan’s manufacturing saying that there seems to be an issue with the portray course of on the Tochigi manufacturing facility, affecting each vehicles.

The 2023 Nissan Ariya seen from a rear quarter angle

Nissan’s state-of-the-art Tochigi manufacturing facility is designed, the report says, to scale back labor depth and notice a snug office and a zero-emission manufacturing system. However there have been complications in spooling up elements of the method.

The Drive explains that the manufacturing facility “makes use of an automatic paint inspection system that may detect flaws all the way down to 0.3 millimeters in measurement. The plant additionally makes use of water-based paint with low-temperature curing that decreases vitality consumption and recycles air used within the drying course of.”

It’s unclear which step in that course of poses issues, however the supply tells Driver Net that Nissan can’t enhance manufacturing till it solves it.

Kelley Blue E-book numbers at the moment present each vehicles with below-average stock nationwide, which may hold costs excessive. The corporate has only a 33-day provide of the Z — effectively beneath business norms. It has greater than 50 days’ value of Ariya automobiles, however that quantity is barely deceptive as a result of some dealerships aren’t outfitted to promote the electrical automotive.

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