According to Nissan President Makoto Uchida, quoted by the Nikkei agency, by 2030, the brand’s model line in Europe will no longer have cars with internal combustion engines, and with the advent of the new decade, the company will begin selling exclusively electric cars to Europeans. Thus, Nissan will electrify its lineup five years earlier than Europe will introduce a legislative ban on cars with internal combustion engines – such a ban can only come into force in 2035.
Over the next five years, Nissan expects to introduce and begin mass-producing cobalt-free traction batteries, which are 65 percent cheaper to produce. And the plan for the next seven years includes the launch of 19 electric vehicles – not only in Europe, but also in other countries – and nine hybrid models.
The head of Nissan also spoke about investments: about 40 million euros will be spent on modernizing and recruiting new personnel at the company’s scientific and technical center in the UK and the design studio located next to it. More than half of this amount will be spent exclusively on electrification.
Meanwhile, Nissan is gradually reforming its model line. Earlier it became known that within three years the Japanese brand will retire three gasoline sedans: 2023 will be the last year for the flagship Maxima sedan, and in 2025 they will stop producing both the budget Versa sedan (sold in some markets under the name Almera) and the business sedan Altima (sold as Teana).
Retirees: cars that won’t last long
