Nissan ramps up EV rollout
Nissan and premium brand Infiniti to launch 19 new EVs before 2030, but Aussie schedule still unknownJust two years after it introduced its electrification roadmap, Nissan has hit the fast-forward button to ramp up the number of hybrid and pure-electric vehicles it will introduce before 2030.
Back in late 2021, Nissan promised to deliver 15 battery-electric cars to market by 2030, but now the updated Nissan Ambition 2030 plan tasks the Japanese brand with launching 19 EVs – four more than before.
One of the new additions will be an EV specifically tailored for Chinese buyers that will be introduced as soon as 2024.
As previously reported, the new global EVs are expected to include an all-new replacement for the Nissan LEAF, which will transition into an SUV.
There will also be a Nissan Micra hatch that will share plenty with the incoming Renault 5 and R4, as well as battery-powered versions of the JUKE, QASHQAI and X-TRAIL that will all arrive between 2025 and 2027.
Other EVs in the pipeline include a small hatch that’s being developed alongside alliance partner Renault for South America.
Motivating Nissan to accelerate its EV plans are, the company says, “changes in customer needs and the business environment”.
Nissan has also tweaked its forecast for how many electrified vehicles (including hybrids) it will sell in 2026, with the car-maker now expecting 98 per cent saturation in Europe – up from 75 per cent.
Even in the Japanese market Nissan thinks 58 per cent of all cars it sells will be electrified, up from 55 per cent.
The only market for which it’s wound back its estimate is China, where Nissan now thinks its electrified mix will only be 35 per cent, down from 40 per cent.
Come 2030, Nissan says it’s now on track to achieve a global electrified vehicle sales mix of 55 per cent, up from 50 per cent.
It will also become an EV-only brand in the US from 2030.
Despite the news Nissan is ramping up its EVs globally, none of these newly announced electric cars have yet been confirmed for Australia.
The e-POWER hybrid tech has just debuted in the new X-TRAIL, and is coming for QASHQAI, but we’re still waiting for EVs such as the Nissan Ariya.
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