Two Electric Sedans Coming from Nissan, Infiniti for 2025

Nissan made an important announcement today regarding electrification. The Japanese automaker confirmed that it is developing two new electric vehicles that it will assemble at its U.S. plant in Canton, Mississippi, starting in 2025.

One of the models will carry the Nissan badge, while the other will fly the Infiniti colours. And, surprise, we're not talking about SUVs this time, but sedans.

In the company’s rather long video making the announcement, it is possible to see (somewhere after the 25-minute mark) a sequence in which the two future EVs are previewed, but really just teased. Still, the silhouette of each is clearly visible. We could well be looking at evolutions of concepts already presented in 2019, namely the IMS from Nissan and Inspiration from Infiniti.

The precise role in the range destined for the two new EVs remains to be seen, but it's tempting to guess they will take the place of existing models within each brand’s lineup, for instance Nissan’s Maxima and Infiniti’s Q50. There could also be a reincarnation of sorts of the Q70, Infiniti’s luxury sedan that was killed off a few years ago.

As part of today's announcements, the automaker also confirmed it will invest $500 million to transform the Canton plant to produce the new electric models. The money will retrain and upgrade nearly 2,000 jobs, and the overarching goal is to transform the plan into a manufacturing and technology centre for electric vehicles.

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