Nissan will introduce 23 new electrified models, including 15 new EVs by fiscal year 2030 aiming for an electrification mix of more than 50% globally across the Nissan and INFINITI brands.
Based on internal projections, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) undersecretary Rafaelita Aldaba said that by 2030, there would be 6.6 million EVs on local roads, half of which are targeted to be manufactured locally.
Although it closed down recently its manufacturing plant in Sta. Rosa, Laguna which assembles the Almera model, Japanese carmaker Nissan is already committed in bringing the e-vehicle Nissan Leaf in the country this year.
The year 2021 will see electric vehicle (EV) transition from niche to mainstream with the introduction of low-cost EV models that satisfy the typical mileage requirements at an acceptable price point.
The advent of Tesla broke “the logjam” that had held since the failure of Thomas Edison’s electric car to gain traction a century earlier and major automakers are hastening to catch up and deploy their own electric vehicles.
Nissan Philippines made the announcement as the three-day Philippine Electric Vehicle Virtual Summit (PEVVS) organized by the Electric Vehicle Association of the Philippines (EVAP) gets underway.
DOTr assistant secretary for legal affairs Mark Steven Pastor said the memorandum circular will cover all types of electric vehicles and will not exclude light electric vehicles or low-speed vehicles.
Global sales of electric cars registered a 40-percent year-on-year increase in 2019 although the car market contracted by 15 percent overall, according to the International Energy Agency's (IEA) Global EV Outlook 2020 report.
Currently, the transport sector is the biggest contributor to the country's total energy consumption at 35 percent, 88 percent of which is for road transport.
