Nissan NISMO making ready supercar with hybrid, EV drivetrains – report

Godzilla is planning on making a return, and will probably be pumped filled with electrons. So, beware.

Talking with Autocar, NISMO’s CEO Takao Katagiri stated Nissan’s go-fast division is engaged on a “very thrilling mannequin” that will likely be offered in Japan, the US, the UK, and Europe.

The brand new automobile will possible be the next-generation GT-R or, on the very least, the GT-R’s non secular successor. Within the UK, at the least, the automobile will likely be offered below the Nismo sub-brand.

Katagiri hinted the automobile will likely be launched this decade, and stated will probably be out there with a “mixture” of hybrid and EV drivetrains.

Final yr Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida stated the automaker was nonetheless hoping to suit a non-hybrid drivetrain to the GT-R’s successor. These hopes appear to have fallen by the wayside, particularly if the corporate is aiming to promote the automobile in Europe.

It’s possible the GT-R successor will likely be initially fitted with a hybrid drivetrain. Firm executives have beforehand instructed the UK publication the automaker isn’t ready to launch a efficiency EV mannequin till solid-state batteries are prepared.

In keeping with Autocar, Nissan is effectively superior with its solid-state battery analysis. Though it’s making ready to open a pilot manufacturing facility in 2024, the know-how most likely received’t be utilized in manufacturing automobiles till 2028.

The GT-R successor is predicted to be a standalone mannequin, and is more likely to make use of a largely distinctive structure.

Whereas manufacturing of the present ‘R35’ GT-R continues, it has been withdrawn from sale in Australia because it doesn’t adjust to our distinctive side-impact necessities. It has additionally been withdrawn from sale in Europe.

The corporate’s solely different sports activities automobile is the Z, which regardless of its new physique, twin-turbo V6 engine and redesigned inside, makes use of the identical platform because the 370Z, which was launched in 2008.

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