Nissan will stop developing new combustion engines. This is reported by the Japanese business newspaper Nikkei based on information from insiders. Nissan will only continue with new combustion engines on a limited scale for the North American market, for the rest of the world electric is the future.
With this decision, Nissan wants to focus almost entirely on electric vehicles. The announcement is part of Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi’s plan to invest €23 billion in electric vehicles. The brand makes an exception for pick-ups sold in the North American market, according to Nikkei. The newspaper says Nissan is the first Japanese car group to decide to almost completely stop developing new petrol and diesel engines. Competitor Toyota recently announced that it is investing tens of billions of euros in electric driving, but at the same time still sticks to the combustion engine and hybrid technology.
In addition to electrifying its fleet, Nissan plans to make major investments in new EV battery recycling plants. By 2026, according to the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi plan, 80 percent of the models must share their platform. In addition, the alliance aims to have a global production capacity of 220 GWh of batteries by 2030. Nissan is also working on developing solid-state batteries. They should be in large-scale production by 2028 at a cost of 65 percent lower than current battery cells. The alliance is counting on a price of around €60 per kWh.
Nissan Netherlands did not want to respond to the news to AutoWeek.
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