{"id":329,"date":"2025-01-30T12:55:31","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T13:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sacueta.com\/?p=329"},"modified":"2025-01-30T13:55:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T13:55:33","slug":"nissan-to-cut-shifts-at-rogue-and-altima-plants-offer-voluntary-severances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sacueta.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/30\/nissan-to-cut-shifts-at-rogue-and-altima-plants-offer-voluntary-severances\/","title":{"rendered":"Nissan To Cut Shifts At Rogue And Altima Plants, Offer Voluntary Severances"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/sacueta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Nissan-Plants-3-1024x576-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<ul>\n<li>The change could reduce Nissan&rsquo;s total US output for 2025 by as much as 12%.<\/li>\n<li>Second shifts will eventually return to the Tennessee and Mississippi factories.<\/li>\n<li>In 2027, the Smyrna site will start to assemble a plug-in hybrid Rogue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nissan will soon cut output at the factory building the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/nissan-rogue\/\">Rogue<\/a> and Altima. The Japanese automaker is also preparing to offer buyouts for more than 1,500 employees and decrease production at one of its engine plants in response to reduced demand. These moves come shortly after Honda insinuated that Nissan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2025\/01\/nissan-must-triple-profits-to-merge-with-honda-in-2024-its-profits-fell-90\/\">needs to get its act together<\/a> if it wants the planned 2026 merger to go ahead.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Starting in April, the second shift at the Nissan Rogue and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/nissan-altima\/\">Altima<\/a> assembly lines in Smyrna, Tennessee, and Canton, Mississippi, will be scrapped. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/nissan\/\">Nissan<\/a> hasn&rsquo;t specified how much this change will impact its total output but analysts suggest it could lead to 63,000 fewer cars made this year. That would equate to roughly 12% of total Nissan production in the US.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2025\/01\/nissan-to-kill-mexican-made-infiniti-suvs-delay-ev-plans-over-trumps-tax-credit-threats\/\">Nissan To Kill Mexican-Made Infiniti SUVs In December, Delay EV Plans Over Trump&rsquo;s Tax Credit Threats<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nissan has also confirmed that it will reduce output at its engine plant in Decherd, Tennessee. David Johnson, the head of manufacturing and supply chain management at Nissan North America, described the changes as a &ldquo;momentary reaction&rdquo; to demand.<\/p>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article-thumbnails-organic\"><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;We see the market being very challenging for certain product lines,&rdquo; he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autonews.com\/nissan\/an-nissan-cuts-us-output-jobs\/\">Auto News<\/a>. &ldquo;Plant utilization rates are not so favorable right now, especially when you look at the two-shift pattern.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Nissan-Plant-2.jpg\" data-type=\"inarticle-image-block\"> <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<p>                    <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" src=\"\" alt=\" Nissan To Cut Shifts At Rogue And Altima Plants, Offer Voluntary Severances\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Nissan-Plant-2-1024x576.jpg\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><figcaption>Nissan Canton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>        <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Nissan failed to mention exactly when the plants will return to two shifts. However, the Smyrna site will start to build a plug-in hybrid Rogue in 2027, and this will require a second shift. The Canton site will also go back to a two-shift schedule and handle the production of an EV, likely arriving in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to these production alterations, Nissan said it&rsquo;ll start offering voluntary severance packages to hourly workers. While it hasn&rsquo;t specified how many jobs it hopes to axe with this measure, one unnamed source suggests it&rsquo;s looking to reduce headcount by as much as 1,500.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a great opportunity for those that want to do something with their career, or just go into retirement,&rdquo; Johnson said of the cuts. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s challenging, but it&rsquo;s the thing we have to do to be able to make sure that we&rsquo;re generating the right type of revenues for the company so that we can invest in the future.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<div id=\"bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Nissan-Plant-1.jpg\" data-type=\"inarticle-image-block\"> <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<p>                    <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" src=\"\" alt=\" Nissan To Cut Shifts At Rogue And Altima Plants, Offer Voluntary Severances\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Nissan-Plant-1-1024x576.jpg\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><figcaption>Nissan Smyrna<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>        <\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<div id=\"bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The change could reduce Nissan&rsquo;s total US output for 2025 by as much as 12%. 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