TOKYO—Carlos Ghosn, chief executive of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, said Thursday that Nissan Motor Co. is considering using batteries made by LG Chem Ltd. of South Korea in future electric vehicles, signaling a possible shift that could further roil the French-Japanese partnership’s delicate balance of power. Battery supply is one of several issues that have shaken up the alliance of late, after the French government’s move this year to increase its influence at Renault SA. ...
Nissan will follow alliance 2020 plans by purchasing batteries for its future electric cars instead of exclusively building its own , CEO Carlos Ghosn said in a Wall ##tech Journal interview published on Friday . Nissan is likely to use cheaper Chem batteries , Ghosn said : " We have opened to competition our battery makers in order to make sure we have the best batteries ... For the moment , we consider that the best battery maker is LG . "