Nissan Cancels Production Of Small Electric SUVs In The US, Stumbled On Trump's Policy?

The teaser for the concept of the Nissan electric SUV. (Doc. Carscoops)

JAKARTA - Nissan was one of the pioneers of electric vehicles with the Leaf launch in 2009. Despite having a huge initial advantage, the company has little to show other than Ariya.

This does not mean that the manufacturer did not try, because quite a number of concept vehicles were introduced but were later postponed or canceled completely. The most memorable example is Infiniti LE from more than a decade ago, but recently, the company postponed a pair of electric sedans scheduled to be built in Canton, Mississippi, United States (US).

Quoted from Carscoops, which continues news from Auto News, Thursday, January 23, Nissan was recently reported to have canceled the planned production of a subcompact electric crossover in the United States. The model, codenamed PZ1L, is planned to be bigger than the Leaf, but smaller than the Rogues. Although production will still be carried out in the UK, it is likely that this model will not be marketed in the United States.

Although it seems that America will lose this model, the vehicle is still scheduled to be built at a company factory in Sunderland, England. However, Nissan still has plans to build two other electric crossovers in their US facilities.

Nissan's Brian Brockman told Auto News they wanted to focus on another EV to be made in Mississippi. He went on to suggest that they would be more suitable for the US market and sold in higher volume.

While there are still many questions left, it is believed that the adoption of electric vehicles is slower than expected to play a role in the decision.

President Trump's return to the White House also added a lot of uncertainty as he had promised to "end the Green New Deal" and "revocation of the electric vehicle mandate." He is also expected to try to eliminate a net vehicle tax credit of US$7500 or equivalent to Rp121.7 million, which would obviously make EV prices much more expensive.