Nissan has added four new battery-electric cars to its Ambition 2030 strategy in response to rising sales of EVs worldwide.

The firm will now launch 19 EVs by 2030, in turn taking the total number of scheduled electrified (hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electric) models up to 27.

It had previously planned to launch 15 BEVs and 23 electrified vehicles as part of a ¥2 trillion (£12.3bn) investment into electric mobility.

As a result of this expansion, Nissan now expects that 55% of its global sales by 2030 to be of electrified vehicles, up 5% on its previous forecast of 50%.