Nissan Cuts Skyline Development Time to 26 Months Using AI and Lessons from China

Chase BierenkovenSun, June 21, 2026 at 2:40 PM UTC

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According to a report from Nikkei, Nissan CEO Ivan Espinosa says the company has an ambitious new goal: bringing cars to market in about 30 months. As proof of concept, Nissan's new Skyline should debut this winter after only 26 months of development, down from 55 months when Nissan last the vehicle.

We won't see this new Skyline in the US, but our equivalent will be here all the sooner as a result of shorter development times. Nissan's sister company, Infiniti, plans on bringing the American version of the vehicle to market here.

US buyers will see the new Skyline badged as an InfinitiNissan

Nissan learned from China and implemented AI tools to help cut production times. The brand says that through its partnership with automaker Dongfeng, the pair developed a new electric sedan in just two years, or half the time it would have taken Nissan alone using traditional methods.

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"A big part of this is built on AI capabilities and the utilization of new tools, more digital tools in the design phase, in the testing phase, in the manufacturing phase," Espinosa said. "China is as of now setting the industry standards of the future in terms of technology, in terms of cost competitiveness, and in terms of development time."

Nissan sales slumped over the last few years as its lineup grew stale. However, the brand hopes that its new product offensive will help cure that. It has multiple new products planned over the next several years, with a new Infiniti sports sedan reportedly using the Z's powertrain and a new Xterra among plans for a US market expansion.

Nissan's XterraNissan

Other new product plans call for an hybrid Nissan GT-R, too. Likely, the first of these products US buyers will see is the revived Xterra, aimed at taking on mid-size off-road SUVs like the Toyota 4Runner.

This story was originally published by Men's Journal on Jun 21, 2026, where it first appeared in the News section. Add Men's Journal as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

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