The collaboration is based on the Siemens Xcelerator open digital business platform, taking full advantage of Siemens iot hardware, software, digital services and other comprehensive advantages
This cooperation builds on the long-standing cooperation between the two parties in the field of software
Siemens has announced a partnership with Nissan to build a digital production line for its new all-electric crossover SUV Ariya at Nissan’s plant in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. The two sides have a long history of cooperation, and Nissan has been using Siemens digital industrial software portfolio to optimize its own design and production. Thanks to end-to-end digital threading, Nissan is able to open up the Product lifecycle management (PLM) platform, allowing information to flow freely across platforms.

Cedrik Neike, member of the Board of Management of Siemens AG and CEO of Siemens Digital Industries, said: “The official launch of the new production line is another milestone in the cooperation between Siemens and Nissan. Climate change and increasingly stringent environmental regulations are driving the accelerated development of electric vehicle powertrains. Through this collaboration, Siemens will enable highly flexible, efficient and sustainable vehicle production with its own cutting-edge digital technologies.”

Teiji Hirata, Corporate Vice President, Vehicle Production Engineering Development, Nissan Motor Company, said: “At Nissan’s Smart plant in Tochigi Prefecture, we are building the future of mobility. The new production line will not only improve our working environment, but also enable zero-emission production throughout the entire production system. To build a digital electric vehicle production line, we chose Siemens as our innovation partner. Siemens is one of the leaders in industrial automation and digitalization and has the expertise to meet our transformation needs.”

Nissan’s newly developed electric powertrain aims to standardize powertrain processing and assembly through system architecture. It covers Siemens’ secure PLC Simatic S7-1500, ET200SP distributed I/O modules and Siemens’ One Single Solution (OSS). Profinet enables end-to-end communication from the field to the management level, while the engineering framework TIA Portal fully integrates all automation equipment. Based on this, the entire digital automation process, from digital planning to integrated engineering and transparent operations, can be fully understood on a daily basis. Smart cars require more high-performance electronic control units (ECUs) in the vehicle, and the all-new Nissan Ariya is exactly that. Sidis Pro, a Siemens diagnostic debugging system already deployed in several automotive companies around the world, is also deployed in Nissan’s new production line to write data to the ECU and verify automotive electronics. Sidis Pro is an advanced vehicle diagnostic and inspection data management system that optimally supports the inspection process, thereby improving vehicle production quality. Sidis Pro helps digitize production lines by managing a wide range of data through server functions. The system maximizes the flexibility of vehicle production, as it can be easily adjusted according to production schedules and can quickly adapt to changes. The same software can be used for different applications, standardizing the system and ensuring that more tasks can be performed with fewer resources, even at other production sites.