美国东部时间  2023 年7月 19 日上午 10：59

作者：安东尼·阿拉尼兹

日产横滨工厂今年生产了第四千万台发动机，同年该汽车制造商庆祝成立90周年。该工厂在公司成立两年后开业，于 1935 年开始运营。从那时起，该工厂生产了一些突破性的发动机。

1979年，该工厂开始生产L20ET，这是该国第一台用于乘用车的涡轮增压发动机，为Fairlady Z和其他车型系列提供动力。四年后的1983年，日本第一台量产的V6开始下线。2007年，员工开始制造采用可变压缩比技术的VC涡轮增压发动机。

图库：日产横滨工厂生产第四千万台发动机

直到1976年，工厂才生产了一千万台发动机。十年后，它生产了二千万台，并在1997年突破了第三千万台的里程碑。

如今，该工厂还为GT-R生产日产的VR38DETT发动机，日产为2024车型年进行了更新。该公司为超级跑车赋予了全新的造型，双涡轮增压 3.8 升 V6 发动机在标准车型中可产生 565 马力的功率。

GT-R Nismo提供600马力，并具有一系列升级，如碳纤维，更好的制动器和其他调整，因为日产对Nismo收取100，000美元，而入门级GT-R Premium规格起价为122，885美元（价格包括1，895美元的目的地费用）。GT-R T-Spec提供一些Nismo升级，但起价为142，885美元。

虽然VR38DETT发动机是一个强大的电力工程，但横滨工厂已经专注于该行业的电气化未来。日产于2010年推出Leaf，开始在该工厂生产电动机。虽然有报道称日产正在停产该车型，但该汽车制造商还有其他电动汽车正在生产中，如Ariya，并正在开发中。

今年早些时候，该汽车制造商从2021年开始更新了其电气化计划，增加了计划到2030年提供的电气化和全电动汽车的数量。到本世纪末，日产可能会在其阵容中拥有19款新电动汽车，总数达到27款电动汽车。

2022年，电动机约占横滨工厂总产量的40%，但这并不是工厂的全部产量。从明年开始，日产将在工厂开设一条试验线，开发固态电池，目标是在2028年中期开始量产。他们可以为雷诺和三菱的车型提供动力，因为该联盟计划共同开发35款新电动汽车。

百分之九十的新车型将搭载在覆盖不同细分市场的五个通用平台上。我们将在明年推出日产Micra替代品时看到这一努力的成果。该平台还将支持雷诺R 5。

资料：日产

原文

Nissan's Yokohama Plant Builds 40-Millionth Engine, Ready For EV Future

The factory began operations in 1935.

Jul 19, 2023 at 10:59am ET

By: Anthony Alaniz

Nissan's Yokohama Plant has produced its 40-millionth engine this year, the same year the automaker celebrates its 90th anniversary. The plant opened two years after the company was founded, beginning operations in 1935. Since then, the factory has produced some groundbreaking engines.

In 1979, the factory began making the L20ET, the country's first turbocharged engine for a passenger car that powered the Fairlady Z and other model lines. Four years later, in 1983, Japan's first mass-produced V6 began rolling off the assembly line. In 2007, employees started to build the company's VC Turbo engines with variable compression ratio technology.

It took until 1976 before the factory made 10 million engines. Ten years later, it had produced 20 million and crossed the 30-millionth milestone in 1997. 

Today, the plant also builds Nissan's VR38DETT engine for the GT-R, which Nissan updated for the 2024 model year. The company gave the supercar refreshed styling, with the twin-turbocharged 3.8-liter V6 engine producing 565 horsepower in the standard model.

The GT-R Nismo delivers 600 hp and features a host of upgrades like carbon fiber, better brakes, and other tweaks as Nissan charges $100,000 more for the Nismo compared to the entry-level GT-R Premium spec that starts at $122,885 (price includes the $1,895 destination charge). The GT-R T-Spec offers some of the Nismo upgrades but begins at a much more affordable $142,885.

While the VR38DETT engine is a mighty power plant, the Yokohama factory is already focused on the industry's electrified future. Nissan began building electric motors at the facility in 2010 with the launch of the Leaf. While reports indicate Nissan is discontinuing the model, the automaker has other EVs in production, like the Ariya, and in development.

Earlier this year, the automaker updated its electrification plan from 2021, increasing the number of electrified and fully electric vehicles it plans to offer by 2030. By the decade's end, Nissan could have 19 new EVs and 27 new electrified ones in its lineup.

In 2022, electric motors accounted for about 40 percent of Yokohama Plant's total production, but that's not all the factory will produce. Starting next year, Nissan will open a pilot line in the plant to develop solid-state batteries, with the goal to begin mass-producing them by the middle of 2028. They could power models from Renault and Mitsubishi as the alliance plans to develop 35 new EVs together.

Ninety percent of the new models will ride on five common platforms covering different market segments. We'll see the fruits of this effort as soon as next year with the launch of the Nissan Micra replacement. The platform will also underpin the Renault R5.

Source: Nissan

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