, which will force brands to sell a rising percentage share of zero-emissions cars, from 22% in 2024 to 80% in 2030 and 100% in 2035.
The mandate means that the share of diesel or petrol cars on sale between 2030 and 2035 would be around 10% of the total, with hybrids taking the other 10%, Nissan head of Europe Guillaume Cartier estimated.Nissan's current EVs are the Leaf hatchback and family SUV. In 2025, it will replace the former with a small SUV, also to be assembled in Sunderland, and add the new Renault-built Micra in 2025.It said it wanted to reduce the cost of batteries by introducing a cobalt-free cell chemistry by 2026 and launching lighter and longer-range solid-state batteries in 2028.
Uchida didn’t say if 'cobalt-free’ referred to lithium-iron-phosphate or whether the plan was to install the chemistry at the Sunderland cell plant run by Nissan battery partner Envision AESC. Nissan has the aim of reducing the cost of battery packs to $75 per kWh by 2028. A recent report from battery materials analyst Benchmark Minerals said current battery cell price is $98 per kWh. To bring parity with ICE cars, the cell price has to come down to $80 per kWh, the company said.
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