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Mitsubishi Motors Brings In New R&D Chief Amidst Mileage Scandal

  • Friday, 03 June 2016 00:00
Mitsubishi Motors Brings In New R&D Chief Amidst Mileage Scandal

Mitsubishi Motors has appointed a Nissan Motor adviser as its head of research and development (R&D), part of a management overhaul. This comes in the wake of a mileage scandal that has hit the automaker.

Mitsuhiko Yamashita, currently a senior technology adviser at Nissan, will take on the R&D role at Mitsubishi from 24 June 2016. Mr Mitsuhiko has been involved with the development of all-electric cars and helped led Nissan's collaboration in electric fuel-cell cars with Daimler AG and Ford Motor. He also previously headed the company's technical research centre in the United States.

Mitsubishi Motors chairman and CEO Osamu Masuko will take over the role of president from Tetsuro Aikawa, who will leave the company.

Reuters reported that Mr Osamu had called on Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn for help after the company acknowledged cheating on fuel economy tests.

“There was an understanding that R&D had a big problem, so we asked Nissan for help. As a result, we have welcomed Mr Yamashita," said Mr Osamu.

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