Nissan has presented a new plan to electrify 16 out of the 30 vehicles in its fleet by 2026, and the rest will instead use internal combustion. This way, Nissan will have more electric options than combustion ones.
Nissan states that in the US there will be “e-POWER and plug-in hybrids models”, each of which uses a blend of electricity and fuel. Currently, the only electric vehicles manufactured by Nissan are the Ariya SUV and the Leaf.
In 2021, Nissan announced that it would manufacture 23 electrified vehicles by 2030, and 15 of them would be fully electric, instead of any type of hybrid vehicle.
Is this more ambitious or less ambitious than Nissan’s previous plan?
It is difficult to say if this is a step forward from that plan, because yes, 16 is more than 15, but Nissan does not explicitly say how many of those 16 are fully battery-powered, or if any of them are.
However, the company has stated that it expects 60% of its vehicles to be “electrified” by 2030, compared to the 50% it had promised for that same date. It also increased the total number of electrified vehicles to 34 for that same year.
The company seems to be backtracking on its plans for “fully solid-state” batteries by 2028. Now, it says it will produce vehicles with “improved NCM lithium-ion, LFP, and fully solid-state batteries” by that date.
If you are interested, here the full announcement, where Nissan also reviews its future investment strategies, its plans for regions such as Europe and Japan, and the expansion of manufacturing.
