This Nissan Sunny Truck packs a Leaf’s electrical powertrain

Nissan can have maybe one of many coolest automobiles on the upcoming 2022 SEMA present in Las Vegas.

The automaker will current a 1987 Sunny Truck whose authentic powertrain has been swapped out for the electrical setup from a contemporary Nissan Leaf. Ford had an identical idea primarily based on a F-100 pickup on the 2021 SEMA present, and Chevy had one primarily based on a C-10 pickup at 2019’s present.

The electrical powertrain from the Leaf consists of a single motor rated at 147 hp and 236 lb-ft of torque. That is about twice the facility and 3 times the torque of the Sunny Truck’s authentic 4-cylinder.

The construct additionally options the Leaf’s commonplace 40-kwh battery, which within the light-weight Sunny Truck might probably ship extra vary than the 149 miles of the Leaf. Nissan hasn’t offered an estimate.

Nissan by no means offered the Sunny Truck within the U.S. This one was sourced from Japan, therefore the right-hand-drive setup.

It belongs to Tommy Pike, proprietor of South Carolina-based Tommy Pike Customs, and he and his workshop crew dealt with the conversion. He paired the electrical motor with a handbook transmission, a transfer which required a customized bellhousing adapter. He additionally put in a customized driveshaft and customized aluminum field for the battery.

Nissan followers of a sure age will instantly acknowledge the colour mixture Pike utilized to his pickup. It is impressed by the livery used on Baja racers fielded by Brock Racing Enterprises within the late ’60s and early ’70s.

This yr’s SEMA present is scheduled for Nov. 1-4. Nissan can even use the present to current its new Z GT4 race automotive, a Z fitted with official Nismo elements and equipment, and a 1,300-hp Z drift automotive powered by a modified Nissan GT-R engine.