Nissan has laid out a new plan to electrify 16 of the 30 cars it produces by 2026, with the rest switching to internal combustion engines. For those of us in North America, the company says it plans to release seven new vehicles in the U.S. and Canada, although it’s unclear how many of those will be electric vehicles of some sort.
Nissan says it’s rolling out “e-POWER and plug-in hybrid models” in the U.S. – each using a mix of electricity and fuel. Currently, the only all-electric EVs produced by Nissan are the Ariya SUV and the possibly endangered (or possibly not) Leaf.
In 2021, Nissan said it would produce 23 electric vehicles by 2030, 15 of which will be used in completely An electric car, not some form of hybrid. It’s hard to say whether this is a step up from the program, because yes, the 16 is larger than the 15, but Nissan hasn’t made it clear how many of the 16 will be full-battery, or if any will actually be full-battery. Battery. We asked Nissan, but it didn’t immediately respond.
The company did say, however, that it expects 60% of its vehicles to be “electrified” by 2030, up from a pledge of 50% in the same period. In the same year, the total number of electric vehicles increased to 34.
The company appears to be canceling its 2028 “all-solid-state” battery plans. Now, the company says it will produce vehicles with “enhanced NCM lithium-ion, LFP and all-solid-state batteries” by the deadline. You can read the full announcement here, in which Nissan also outlines its future investment strategy, plans for regions such as Europe and Japan, and manufacturing expansion.