Nissan confirmed up on the 2023 Japan Mobility Present in full pressure, exhibiting not simply the 4 “Hyper” ideas (Hyper City, Hyper Journey, Hyper Tourer and Hyper Punk) it already revealed, but additionally debuting a fifth electrical idea referred to as Hyper Drive. This supercar idea is supposed to enchantment to each the digital and the actual driver. And sure, one have a look at it ought to clue you in that it should enchantment to followers of the Nissan GT-R as effectively.
The Hyper Drive idea incorporates a strong state battery and Nissan’s e-4ORCE all-wheel drive delivering as much as 1,000 kW or greater than 1,300 horsepower. It has a light-weight carbon-fiber physique that ought to assist guarantee thrilling efficiency on the highway or observe. Nissan’s Nismo arm helped make sure that aerodynamics mix each downforce and optimum cooling.
The Hyper Drive has two drive modes. In maybe a nod to the automobile’s inspiration, these modes are GT (grand touring) and R (racing). The graphical interface, developed in partnership with Polyphony Digital (the agency behind the Gran Turismo collection of racing video games), supplies graphics and essentially the most helpful data primarily based on these modes. In GT mode, the cabin is illuminated in blue, and digital shows recede away from the driving force. In R, the lighting goes crimson, and the screens separate and transfer towards the driving force to show data together with tire and brake standing, energy distribution and extra.
The Hyper Drive additionally makes use of augmented actuality, together with a visor, to permit house owners compete towards their very own or others’ laps whereas on a circuit. When no appropriate highway or course is on the market, the driving force can change to digital actuality mode, to “drive” whereas the automobile is stationary.
Additionally price noting, as eagle-eyed Autoblog Information Editor Joel Stockdale factors out, the graphics on the perimeters of the Hyper Drive idea are one other nod to Nissan’s historical past, particularly related graphics on the R31 Skyline. Good play, Nissan.
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