Nissan wants hybrids to lead by 2030. In Britain a hybrid took an electric car’s factory slot
Nissan has told Automotive News it wants hybrids and extended-range models to be its primary powertrain in North and Latin America by 2030. In Britain the same strategy is already built: a £170M hybrid Kicks is going into the Sunderland slot promised to an electric Qashqai that Nissan stopped developing in early 2025.
Nissan wants hybrids and extended-range models to be its primary powertrain in North and Latin America by 2030. Britain has already seen what that decision looks like on a factory floor. A hybrid is going into the Sunderland slot an electric car was promised.
Christian Meunier, who chairs Nissan Americas, set out the plan to Automotive News, as InsideEVs reported. The Rogue hybrid arrives from Japan first and from Tennessee in 2028. A hybrid Kicks follows in America the same year.
The Kicks reaches Sunderland first. Nissan is spending £170M to build the Kicks e-Power there...
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