East meets West. Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. is  negotiating with German auto parts supplier Robert Bosch GmbH as the Japanese automobile company sees it best to beef up its hybrid technology to come at par with other automakers, which includes fellow Japan-hailed companies Toyota Motor Corporation and Honda Motor Company, in producing those dual-powered vehicles, Tokyo-based newspaper Nikkan Kogyo said yesterday.

Bosch is known for technological finds in the aspect of diesel fuel injection systems as well as hybrid powertrains. For these credentials, Nissan saw this Germany-based automotive parts company fit to help it pursue a better future for the hybrid models and Nissan parts. With its possible alliance with Bosch, the automaker will no longer have to dwell too much on research as well as the cost for such extensive study. If plans pushes through, Nissan, along with Bosch, is set to come out with more hybrid vehicles. Well-crafted Nissan parts that will equally complement the hybrid systems of the future models of the company will also be developed and used.

Carlos Ghosn, who is the chief executive officer of Nissan, was not so keen in divulging into the hybrid technology because he believed then that it costs too much to develop but only has a small following. Things changed, however, as Ghosn and the company saw that it was time to produce dual-powered automobiles for the motorists worldwide. With this decent move being taken by Nissan, the car company could already be up on its way to becoming one of the leading automakers to produce hybrid vehicles as well as auto parts.

Details from Guardian Unlimited.

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