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Nissan to be carbon-neutral by 2050; 100％ of new vehicle offerings in key markets to be electrified by early 2030s
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. has set the goal to achieve carbon neutrality across the company’s operations and the life cycle of its products by 2050. “Life cycle” includes raw material extraction, manufacturing, use, and the recycling or reuse of end-of-life vehicles. As part of this effort, by the early 2030s every all-new Nissan vehicle offering in key markets Japan, China, the US and Europe will be electrified.
Nissan will pursue further innovations in electrification and manufacturing technology to make progress on the company’s carbon neutrality goal in the following strategic areas:
Nissan sets carbon neutral goal for 2050
YOKOHAMA, January 27, 2021 Nissan Motor Co, Ltd has set the goal to achieve carbon neutrality across the company’s operations and the life cycle of its products by 2050. As part of this effort, by the early 2030s every all-new Nissan vehicle offering in key markets will be electrified. Nissan will pursue further innovations in electrification and manufacturing technology to make progress on the company’s carbon neutrality goal in the following strategic areas: Battery innovations including solid-state and related technologies to develop cost-competitive and more efficient electric vehicles; Further development of Nissan’s e-POWER electrified powertrains to achieve greater energy efficiency;
Nissan Announces Very Disappointing Strategic Electrification Goal ++
In the latest announcement about its carbon neutral goal for 2050, Nissan said that
100％ of its all-new vehicle offerings in key markets willt be electrified by the early 2030s.
This is probably one of the weakest strategic goals that we have heard recently. It s almost unbelievable that 10 years ago the Japanese company was at the forefront of electrification with the Nissan LEAF, which sold over 500,000 copies (cumulatively).
Let s just point it out: by the early 2030s (more than 10 years from now), 100% of all-new models (so not necessarily all models, but only the latest), will be electrified (which does not necessarily mean plug-ins), but only in key markets (Japan, China, U.S. and Europe).
Nissan has set the goal to achieve carbon neutrality across the company s operations and the life cycle of its products by 2050. As part of this effort, by the early 2030s every all-new Nissan vehicle offering in key markets will be electrified - 100% of the offering, Nissan said.
Nissan said it will pursue further innovations in electrification and manufacturing technology to make progress on the company s carbon neutrality goal in the following strategic areas:
Battery innovations including solid-state and related technologies to develop cost-competitive and more efficient electric vehicles;
Further development of Nissan s e-POWER electrified powertrains to achieve greater energy efficiency;