Nissan has announced that it has become the first Japanese carmaker to join the United Nations-backed "Race to Zero" movement, according to foreign media reports. The campaign aims to accelerate the popularity of electric vehicles and achieve carbon neutrality. Nissan said it aims to fully electrify all its new cars "in the early 1930s".
Nissan launched the Leaf (LEAF) electric car as early as 2010, which is still one of the electric models with the longest mileage in the US market, and it has been one of the best-selling models for many years. However, Nissan did not launch other electric models in the next 11 years. After the ouster of former CEO Carlos Ghosn (Carlos Ghosn), the company's electric car plans are likely to have been affected.
After taking power, Nissan's new CEO, Makoto Uchida (Makoto Uchida), decided to change the situation and promised to launch a second electric vehicle, a pure electric crossover called the Ariya. At the same time, Nissan will also focus on the production of electric car batteries and Formula E electric racing.
Nissan said in its latest statement that it would join other companies in halving carbon emissions before achieving complete carbon neutralization. The company also promised to release a large number of all-electric models in the future, but consumers will have to wait about 10 years.
Nissan announced that it would join the "Race to Zero" movement, a global environmental protection alliance supported by the United Nations. Its website shows that, Race to Zero has formed a leading net Zero Initiative Alliance, which represents 733 cities, 31 regions, 3067 enterprises, 173rd largest investors and 622 higher education institutions.
As part of the campaign, Nissan signed a commitment called Business Ambition for 1.5C, which aims to limit global temperature increases to 1.5 degrees Celsius from pre-industrial levels.
Earlier this year, Nissan promised to achieve carbon neutrality in all its businesses and products by 2050. To accelerate this process, Nissan has launched the EV36Zero project, a new manufacturing strategy that combines electric vehicle production and battery manufacturing with renewable energy generation. Nissan's future goal is to eliminate carbon emissions in all operations and to develop an ecosystem around electric vehicles, including renewable energy generation, energy storage and battery recycling.
"the core of Nissan's carbon neutralization is to promote electric vehicles and technologies," Nissan said in a statement. The work began in 2010 and continues today with Nissan's unique e-POWER technology and new pure electric vehicles (such as the Airya crossover). Nissan aims to have 100% electrification of all new cars in major markets such as Japan, China, the United States and Europe by the early 1930s. "
