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Nissan Wants to Sell One Million Electric Vehicles a Year by 2022
- Japanese maker plans to develop eight pure electric vehicles
- EV offensive in China on the cards under different brands
Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg
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Six months after unveiling its revamped battery-powered Leaf, Nissan Motor Co. is pressing ahead with plans for an array of electrified vehicles in a bid to boost sales of the cars sixfold in five years.
The Japanese carmaker set itself an annual target of selling 1 million new energy vehicles, including those with its e-Power powertrains, by the year ending March 2023, it said in a statement Friday. The plan includes developing eight pure EVs and staging an offensive in China under different brands, it said.