The new job cuts will bring Nissan's total U.S. workforce reduction to around 20,000 jobs, after it previously announced plans to cut 9,000 U.S.-based positions. It will cut the number of its production plants from 17 to 10 and reduce the complexity of parts by 70%. It did not give specifics on which plants it expects to close.

Nissan Motor Co. vowed to close seven factories and slash 20,000 jobs after posting one of its biggest annual losses since French carmaker Renault SA rescued it from near bankruptcy a quarter century ago.