Nissan Motor Co. will introduce six additional all-electric vehicles in China by the end of March 2024 as part of a broad electrification push, its China chief said this month.
Nissan will also roll out e-Power vehicles in China, Shohei Yamazaki, chairman of Nissan’s management committee for China, said in a statement.
Nissan’s e-Power vehicles are hybrids equipped with an electric motor to directly drive the wheels and an onboard gasoline engine to generate electricity for the motor.
The company aims to derive 23 percent of annual sales in China from EVs and e-Power hybrids in the fiscal year that ends March 31, 2024, Yamazaki added, without revealing additional details about the vehicles.
Nissan assembles only one electrified model in China — the battery-powered Nissan Sylphy compact sedan at its joint venture with Dongfeng Motor Group.
Nissan’s China sales have increased for five consecutive months, with July volume rising 12 percent to approach 121,000.
But in the first seven months, the Japanese automaker’s deliveries dropped 13 percent to 717,287, according to its China office.