Nissan will accelerate its electrification plans by committing that all cars sold in Europe will be electric by 2030. This announcement comes from the prestigious company despite the United Kingdom postponing its 2030 ban on the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars to 2035. He said Nissan Motor Company President Makoto Uchida said the company’s move was “the right thing to do.”
Nissan will also introduce new battery technology by the end of the decade, which it said will reduce the charging time and cost of electric vehicles (EVs).
“Nissan will go fully electric by 2030 in Europe, and we believe this is the right thing to do for our business, our customers and the planet,” Makoto Uchida said in a statement. Uchida stressed, “There is no turning back. The world needs to move from internal combustion engines to electric cars, and we feel a responsibility to be part of the solution.”
In an interview with the BBC, Uchida said that the company aims to reduce the cost of electric cars for customers, so that they are not more expensive than gasoline and diesel cars. He continued, “It may take some time, but we are looking forward to the next few years.” “We’re looking at it from a technology standpoint, from a collaboration standpoint with suppliers, and of course working with the government on how to deliver this kind of cost competitiveness to the consumer,” Uchida added. He also said that the company was accelerating a different type of battery technology, known as solid-state batteries (ASSB), which are lighter, cheaper and faster to charge. “We will have a pilot factory for them in Japan starting next year, and we want to make sure they can be produced in large quantities,” he explained. By 2028.”
Nissan employs more than 7,000 workers in the UK, including 6,000 at its plant in Sunderland, where it makes SUVs and the all-electric LEAF.
Toyota and Jaguar Land Rover praised the delay in the ban announced by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, describing it as practical, but Ford warned that it may affect investment in electric cars. At the conclusion of his statement, the head of Nissan Motors said, “There are many challenges in this matter, but we have a solution, and we are on the right path to achieving this goal.”
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