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Nissan Motors to roll out new EV models in Hong Kong as sales slow in mainland China
- The Japanese carmaker plans to launch two new EV models in Hong Kong within a year, including a sport-utility vehicle and a small electric van
- Plans for new launches emerge as the company’s deliveries of conventional cars on mainland China slumped 24.4 per cent in the first half of the year to 358,509 units
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Japanese carmaker Nissan Motors plans to roll out new electric vehicle models into the Hong Kong market and to expand its presence by targeting the city’s tech-savvy drivers with new technologies and battery technologies.
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The move follows recent setbacks for Japan’s top carmakers in the mainland market where their first half sales plunged by a fifth in a market with fast-changing customer demands.
“It is an interesting market where we are able to try new technologies and the people are willing to try new technologies,” said Nissan’s Asean president Isao Sekiguchi, in an interview.
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The Japanese carmaker plans to launch two new EV models in Hong Kong within a year, including a sport-utility vehicle (SUV) and a small electric van, to “stay on top of the competition in one of the important markets that we foresee going forward,” he said.
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