By the end of this decade Nissan’s electric car park will be full to bursting.

FOUR captivating concepts for now – by 2030, almost two dozen new electrified models including 15 fully battery-enabled.

In sharing its Ambition 2030 long-term vision with the world, Nissan has revealed some design studies that could be production-bound, though officially they’re just muses, created to show a world beyond Nissan’s current electrics, the Leaf and the Ariya (whose placement in NZ’s roadscape remains unclear). In this world, batteries are much smaller and more powerful than today’s and the cars pack more technology, including a more advanced format of the ProPilot driver assist package.

The Chill-Out study, above, is already being discussed as a replacement for the current Leaf.

Also shown off are the Max-Out, a low-slung two-seater, a convertible concept with two seats that’s been design to “deliver a new driving experience with its superlative stability and comfort.”

The Surf-Out that appears to be a conceptual interpretation of a battery-fed Navara utility designed to deliver good off-road performance.

Also there’s the Hang-Out Concept, a family-sized sports utility offered as a mobile living space with a flat floor and theatre-like seating.

In addition to showing off these, it has also talked up its production planning.

Basically, the brand has abandoned hydrogen and fuel cell tech for passenger models and will concentrate on battery electric.

It says it will continue to improve its current lithium-ion battery technologies and introduce cobalt-free technology to bring battery costs down by 65 percent by 2028.

It also plans to launch an electric vehicle with solid-state batteries by 2028 and will be ready with a pilot plant as early as 2024.

By 2030, it will have 23 new electrified models; the fruits of a $NZ26 billion strategy that will enable the brand to become carbon neutral across the life cycle of its products by 2050.

Over the next five years, Nissan will invest two trillion yen to accelerate the electrification of its line-up and rate of technological innovation.

By 2026 Nissan expects 75 percent of its sales in Europe to be for electrified models. In Japan, it is aiming for 55 percent of sales and in China and North America, more than 40 percent, though the deadline in the latter marker the timing is longer, an additional four years.

“With Nissan Ambition 2030, we will drive the new age of electrification, advance technologies to reduce carbon footprint and pursue new business opportunities,” Nissan chief executive Makoto Uchida said in a statement.

“We want to transform Nissan to become a sustainable company that is truly needed by customers and society.”