Nissan Motor Co. is bolstering efforts in disaster-hit areas of Fukushima Prefecture to promote electric vehicle technologies.
Nissan and the three municipal governments of Namie, Futaba, and Minami-Soma, all in eastern Fukushima Prefecture, as well as seven commercial entities, including retailer Aeon Tohoku Co., signed a partnership agreement for “sustainable community development” in February last year.
The Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster of 2011 wreaked havoc on those communities.
4R Energy Corp., a Yokohama-based joint venture formed by Nissan and trading house Sumitomo Corp., will launch a project to recycle and reuse batteries for electric vehicles under the terms of the agreement.
The plant built by 4R Energy in Namie was finished in 2018.
Used batteries for electric vehicles, notably Nissan’s Leaf, were recently observed…