Godzilla is coming to an end after 13 years. Due to changes in emissions, safety, and noise restrictions, the GT-R has been phased out of Nissan's performance car lineup, leaving only the forthcoming Z. Despite this, the business has not abandoned its goal of producing fast automobiles.

The shift to electrification has sparked new conjecture about Nissan's willingness to produce an electric sports vehicle, and we now have evidence that the company is in the process of talking about it. Francois Bailly, Nissan senior vice president and chief planning officer for the AMIEO area, affirmed to Autocar that Nissan will produce an electric performance car when the time comes.

The carmaker has revealed plans for 23 new electrified cars, with 15 of them being electric vehicles. Nissan's ambition is to electrify 100% of its lineup in Japan, China, the United States, and Europe by 2030. That means a combination of hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and electric vehicles, including Nissan's Ariya, the company's second electric vehicle. The debut of the EV in the United States has been postponed until the fall due to the ongoing semiconductor scarcity and epidemic.

Nissan's electric sports vehicle goals are contingent on the company's ability to move forward with solid-state batteries. The manufacturer is well on its way there, with its first pilot manufacturing site scheduled to open in 2024. By 2026, solid-state battery technology should be ready, with production vehicles following in 2028.

Solid-state batteries provide significant advantages over today's lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles. They remove the liquid layer and replace it with a solid layer, resulting in denser materials that can store more energy in less area. By 2028, Nissan expects batteries to reduce the overall cost of new EVs to $75 per kWh, and then to $65 per kWh.

When it comes to which vehicles might get solid-state batteries first, Nissan executives reveal that the company is talking about an electric successor to the GT-R, but they also acknowledge that daily cars must arrive first. "I'd like to have an electric sports car, but we need to plan ahead. We're not ready to reveal the sequence just yet, but it's definitely on the table "Autocar spoke with Bailly. Nissan's electric future seems bright if its present concepts are any clue. The carmaker debuted four distinct electric vehicle designs late last year, including the Max-Out sports car and the Surf-Out pickup truck.