The Honda-Nissan merger looks increasingly inevitable. The situation has come together rapidly. Reports in late November indicated the automaker only had a year’s worth of money to survive. The company was looking for a major investor to keep things going,

Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan have announced plans to work toward a merger that would form the world's third-largest automaker by sales, as the industry undergoes dramatic changes in its transition away from fossil fuels.

Honda, Nissan, and Nissan's partner Mitsubishi are moving forward with a "business integration" to keep the Japanese automakers competitive