Nissan is actually an electric car pioneer, the Leaf has been on sale for almost 14 years. The Japanese have recently lost ground in this segment. But the backlog should now be made up quickly – among other things with drastically lower prices.
Nissan wants to reduce the cost of electric cars to combustion engine levels by 2030. The next generation of battery vehicles will be 30 percent cheaper than the current Japanese models, as the company announced when presenting its new business plan “The Arc”. This will be achieved, among other things, through faster development, new manufacturing techniques and battery innovations. 16 new electrified models are expected to come onto the market worldwide by the end of the 2026 financial year, including the successor to the Leaf built in Great Britain. By 2026, electric cars should account for 40 percent of European sales. In total, the manufacturer wants to launch 30 new models during the period and increase its global sales by one million vehicles. The third-largest Japanese car manufacturer in terms of sales aims for electrified vehicles, which also include hybrids, to account for 60 percent of global sales by the end of the decade turn off. Nissan is particularly troubled by tough competition in China. The group disappointed the markets with its figures at the beginning of February.
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