Nissan: Goodbye To “Traditional” Cars, Only Electric Vehicles For Europe By 2030
In seven years, the Japanese manufacturer will sell only all-electric cars in Europe, while fully complying with strict environmental regulations.
The countdown has begun in Europe for “traditional” gasoline and diesel cars produced by Nissan. One of the world’s largest manufacturers has announced that by 2030, all new cars sold in Europe will be 100% electric. This is in line with the Japanese company’s commitment to strict Old World environmental regulations. “Electric vehicles are the ideal solution for mobility of the future and the right thing for our company, our customers, and the planet. There is no going back,” said group CEO Makoto Uchida. He spoke on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Nissan’s design center in London, virtually on the next day after British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s controversial decision to delay the entry into force of a ban on the sale of new gasoline or diesel cars from 2030 to 2035.
According to Uchida, “the new ambitious goal updates the company’s plans to gradually increase to 98% the share of hybrid and fully electric vehicles sold to customers in Europe. To implement the green transition program, Nissan plans to launch approximately 30 combined electric drive models worldwide over the next seven years, of which 19 models will be fully electric.
Nissan’s move is part of a strategy agreed and shared by all of Japan’s major automakers aimed “to accelerate the transition from internal combustion to electric power engines for greater environmental sustainability.” It was announced that Toyota intended to introduce no less than 10 new all-electric models in order to sell at least 1.5 million vehicles per year by 2026, and Honda said that by 2040 all new cars would be powered by electric or even hydrogen engines.
On September 25, the Council of the European Union approved the rules for the transition to the Euro-7 fuel standard regulations, which were developed by Spain that is presiding over the current half-year, and which, in fact, provide for an extension of the period when the new provisions will be applied. As the Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore writes, “The legislation, which for the first time covers cars, vans, and heavy vehicles in a single piece of legislation, aims to establish more adequate vehicle emission standards and to further reduce emissions of air pollutants generated by motor transport.” The most important innovation, agreed after long negotiations, concerns the “extension of the period during which the new regulations will apply: from 24 months after the entry into force of the regulation for cars and vans, it has increased to 30 months for new models and 42 months for new registrations of already approved existing models.”
