Nissan's electric car flood! Four new Nissan EVs lead new 'Arc' business plan with five models on the way by 2026

Nissan just can’t seem to get enough of electrified concept cars, having revealed another quartet of ‘new energy vehicles’ (NEVs) at the 2024 Beijing Auto Show.

With a focus on “a new Nissan for a new era in China”, the Japanese brand announced a fresh business plan for the “rapidly changing Chinese market” with an extra EV coming by 2026 - the total by then now up to five.

The four NEVs  revealed under Nissan’s ‘The Arc’ business plan are named Epoch, Epic, Era and Evo, the first may cause confusion with some lazy pronunciation.

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The Epoch (not to be confused with Epic) is a sedan, which Nissan says aims at “urban and suburban go-getters”, is fitted with an AI-led ‘Internet of Things’ and a personal assistant able to recognise emotions - creepy?

An internet of things, as a side-note, just means a network of physical elements interconnected through sensors or via data exchange, in this case likely multimedia screens and driver-assist features.

The Epic (not to be confused with Epoch) is an electric SUV for “adventurous city couples” who like to explore on the weekends, with claimed autonomous driving capable of city and highway driving, plus a V2L power function for equipment, presumably while camping “or parties”.

The Epic is an electric SUV for “adventurous city couples”.

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The Epic is claimed autonomous driving capable of city and highway driving.

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The Epic features V2L power function for equipment.

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The Nissan Era (not to be confused with the Taylor Swift tour) is a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) SUV aimed at “young businesspeople who treat their car as a second home”, with an entertainment system, ‘zero-gravity’ seats and air suspension to ease the apparent stress of considering your car a second home.

Finally, the Evo (not to be confused with the Mitsubishi Evo) is a PHEV sedan “for the whole family” with an AI assistant and advanced driver support and safety functions aimed at weekend getaways.

Nissan Era pictured.

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Nissan Epoch pictured.

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Nissan Evo pictured.

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The four concepts make up four of the five electrified models that will launch in China by 2026, and were joined at the Beijing Auto Show by other display concepts including the Nissan Hyper Force concept and Hyper Punk concept, the apparent GT-R and Juke successor concepts respectively.

The Hyper Force and Hyper Punk were revealed last year along with the Hyper Tourer people mover, Hyper Adventure and Hyper Urban SUVs, plus an Arizon concept SUV for China and a wild Max-Out sports car cabriolet concept.