Nissan is planning to build two all-electric vehicles at its Canton, Mississippi plant, starting in 2025, the company revealed Thursday.
One will be a Nissan-branded vehicle, and the other will be Infiniti’s first electric vehicle.
The two models were briefly shown in concept form, obscured, but suffice to see that the Nissan concept could be a new iteration of the IM concept—An “upgraded” sedan — introduced in 2019 and is a model that could potentially replace the Maxima. The Infiniti concept also seems to be a sedan developed from Qs . inspirational concept was previously confirmed as part of a product plan focused on electrification.
Nissan confirmed that the two new models are part of the $18 billion Nissan Ambition 2030 plan, which calls for 23 electrified models globally by 2030, across the Nissan and Infiniti brands, including 15 electrified models. completely. They aim for 40% of sales in the US by 2030 to be entirely electric.
Nissan aims to account for 40% of electric vehicle sales in the US by 2030
The company said it will invest $500 million in a facility that currently produces Altima sedans and Titan and Frontier pickup trucks. That means “skilling up” for nearly 2,000 jobs.
“We will be working on multiple levels to make EVs more competitive, including integrating more efficient processes into our production operations,” said Ashwani Gupta, Global CEO of Nissan. our production,” said Ashwani Gupta, Global CEO of Nissan. Gupta also points to a 360-degree approach in the EV ecosystem that “redefines the vehicle as we know it.”
Since 2013, Nissan has assembled the Leaf electric vehicle for the US market in Tennessee. The brand has confirmed that the affordable model will continue co-exist with Ariya coming soon intersect — although Chill-Out crossover concept airing in December could hint at a successor that will premiere sometime in the middle of the decade.
Nissan Electric Vehicle Platform
As part of a previous extensive repositioning for Infiniti, the luxury brand will launch three electrified products, one all electric but all three based on Nissan hybrid technology e-Power seriesand its global CMF-EV platform, for a progressive transition to all-electricity as the market dictates. Despite strong demand for electric vehicles, that plan has since been revised and the US-made electric vehicle this morning was confirmed as the brand’s first model.
The concept that inspired the Infiniti Qs
Infiniti was planned to build an electric sedan based on the Leaf previewed by LE Concept. However, in September 2015 – six months before the launch of the Tesla Model 3 – Infiniti abruptly changed course, saying it had seen no need for electric cars for luxury brands before 2020.
