Although Nissan closed its car production plant in Barcelona at the end of 2021, the automobile company led by Makoto Uchida maintains two Spanish spare parts factories in Cantabria and Ávila, which between them employ around 1,000 people. The company's restructuring plans would not affect these factories, but would be focused on, where the company has suffered increased sales costs and excess inventory. In the North American market, Nissan suffers from the still low adoption of electric cars (where Tesla clearly dominates) and the low popularity of its E-Power hybrid technology.