Nissan turnaround plan pins hopes on ‘AI-defined vehicles’

Japanese carmaker will add self-driving abilities to 90% of cars in future and cut a fifth of its models

Nissan has said it will add self-driving abilities to the vast majority of its cars and cut a fifth of its models in the latest stage of the Japanese carmaker’s drawn-out turnaround efforts.

Ivan Espinosa, Nissan’s chief executive, said the company was pinning its hopes on “AI-defined vehicles”, with an aim of installing autonomous driving technologies on 90% of its vehicles in the future.