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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jasper Jolly

Nissan turnaround plan pins hopes on ‘AI-defined vehicles’

The Nissan Juke battery electric vehicle
The Nissan Juke. Nissan and other traditional carmakers have struggled with the need to invest in new battery electric technologies. Photograph: Nissan

Nissan has said it will add self-driving abilities to the vast majority of its cars and cut a fifth of its models in the latest stage of the Japanese carmaker’s drawn-out turnaround efforts.

Ivan Espinosa, Nissan’s chief executive, said the company was pinning its hopes on “AI-defined vehicles”, with an aim of installing autonomous driving technologies on 90% of its vehicles in the future.

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