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Nissan Motor Company announced today that it will expand the use of low-CO2-emission steel manufactured in Japan.* Through this initiative, the proportion of low-CO2-emission steel Nissan uses in Japan in fiscal year 2025 is expected to increase by a factor of five compared to fiscal year 2023. Nissan aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 30% throughout the entire product life cycle [footnote 1] by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. (Read AutoInformed. Com on Nissan and Honda Sign Integration MOU! and Nissan Motor Posts Disastrous First Half Results, and Nissan Arc Business Plan is Sinking?)
To reach these goals, the company has increased efforts towards decarbonization in the entire process spanning from material procurement. How the apparent collapse of the proposed merger with Honda will affect embattled Nissan’s future is unclear.
“Steel parts account for approximately 60% of vehicle weight. Therefore, use of low-CO2-emission steel significantly contributes to reduced CO2 emissions throughout the entire vehicle’s life cycle. A significant portion of CO2 emissions originates from reducing iron ore in blast furnaces. With green steel, the aim is to reduce CO2 emissions by using raw materials from iron ore to low-carbon-reduced iron, or by switching from blast furnace to electric arc furnace,” Nissan said.
Nissan started using green steel in vehicles for the Japanese market in 2023, with the adoption of Kobenable®*2 Steel from Kobe Steel. Nissan will significantly expand its use of the steel through use of Nippon Steel Corporation’s NSCarbolex®*3 Neutral, JFE Steel Corporation’s JGreeX®*4, and POSCO’s carbon reduction allocated steel. These green steel products reduce CO2 emissions during production through a mass-balance approach*5.
*Inevitable Nissan Footnotes
- Includes raw material extraction, manufacturing, use, and the recycling or reuse of end-of-life vehicles.
- Registered trademark of Kobe Steel, Ltd.
- Registered trademark of Nippon Steel Corporation
- Registered trademark of JFE Steel Corporation
- Allocation of CO2 emission reductions across products based on the overall emissions of the manufacturing process, ensuring a sustainable production framework.
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Ken Zino, publisher (kzhw@aol.com), is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn.
Zino is at home on test tracks, knows his way around U.S. Congressional hearing rooms, auto company headquarters, plant floors, as well as industry research and development labs where the real mobility work is done. He can quote from court decisions, refer to instrumented road tests, analyze financial results, and profile executive personalities and corporate cultures.
He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe.
Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap.
AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks.
Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.
Nissan to Increase Use of Green Steel in Japan
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Nissan Motor Company announced today that it will expand the use of low-CO2-emission steel manufactured in Japan.* Through this initiative, the proportion of low-CO2-emission steel Nissan uses in Japan in fiscal year 2025 is expected to increase by a factor of five compared to fiscal year 2023. Nissan aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 30% throughout the entire product life cycle [footnote 1] by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. (Read AutoInformed. Com on Nissan and Honda Sign Integration MOU! and Nissan Motor Posts Disastrous First Half Results, and Nissan Arc Business Plan is Sinking?)
To reach these goals, the company has increased efforts towards decarbonization in the entire process spanning from material procurement. How the apparent collapse of the proposed merger with Honda will affect embattled Nissan’s future is unclear.
“Steel parts account for approximately 60% of vehicle weight. Therefore, use of low-CO2-emission steel significantly contributes to reduced CO2 emissions throughout the entire vehicle’s life cycle. A significant portion of CO2 emissions originates from reducing iron ore in blast furnaces. With green steel, the aim is to reduce CO2 emissions by using raw materials from iron ore to low-carbon-reduced iron, or by switching from blast furnace to electric arc furnace,” Nissan said.
Nissan started using green steel in vehicles for the Japanese market in 2023, with the adoption of Kobenable®*2 Steel from Kobe Steel. Nissan will significantly expand its use of the steel through use of Nippon Steel Corporation’s NSCarbolex®*3 Neutral, JFE Steel Corporation’s JGreeX®*4, and POSCO’s carbon reduction allocated steel. These green steel products reduce CO2 emissions during production through a mass-balance approach*5.
*Inevitable Nissan Footnotes
About Ken Zino
Ken Zino, publisher (kzhw@aol.com), is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn. Zino is at home on test tracks, knows his way around U.S. Congressional hearing rooms, auto company headquarters, plant floors, as well as industry research and development labs where the real mobility work is done. He can quote from court decisions, refer to instrumented road tests, analyze financial results, and profile executive personalities and corporate cultures. He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe. Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap. AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks. Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.