The following-generation Nissan Frontier midsize pickup truck could get EV and plug-in hybrid variants, the latter utilizing Mitsubishi tech, Automotive Information stories.
Nissan and Mitsubishi have been company allies since 2016, and the current-generation Nissan Rogue and Mitsubishi Outlander crossovers use a standard platform. However the two manufacturers are taking a look at nearer collaboration on electrified powertrains, in line with the report.
Nissan will quickly launch its first North American plug-in hybrid, “based mostly on a system engineered by Mitsubishi,” Automotive Information says. And Mitsubishi will reportedly use Nissan’s EV tech for a North American electrical mannequin.
Mitsubishi Triton Absolute idea
The 2 automakers may also reportedly co-develop a brand new pickup truck, with all-electric and plug-in hybrid powertrains, to be manufactured in Mexico. This truck will doubtless function a alternative for the current-generation Frontier, with Mitsubishi doubtlessly getting its personal model for the U.S. Mitsubishi at the moment sells a pickup variously referred to as Triton and L200 in different markets, but it surely hasn’t bought a pickup within the U.S. because the Dodge Dakota-derived Raider of the early 2000s.
Nissan simply earlier this week introduced that there will likely be a number of hybrids and plug-in hybrids, U.S.-bound. The automaker would not at the moment have a single hybrid or plug-in hybrid in its U.S. lineup, however has deployed its e-Energy hybrid tech in different markets.
Late final 12 months Nissan recommended that e-Energy may evolve for the U.S.—and vans—on the way in which to totally electrical fashions, maybe with the addition of a parallel hybrid mode. However at that time it famous its tech was distinct from the Mitsubishi hybrid system, as at the moment used within the Outlander Plug-In Hybrid. That mannequin already presents that mixture of sequence and parallel hybrid operation, so it seems that Nissan has warmed to the concept of utilizing that system.
Nissan e-Energy U.S. launch timeline
Greater than two years in the past Nissan, Mitsubishi, and fellow alliance accomplice Renault launched an “Alliance to 2030” plan that aimed to get essentially the most out of the 4 EV platforms already developed between the three automakers. Then final 12 months, Mitsubishi teased a number of EVs, together with an electrical pickup that was doubtlessly U.S.-bound, as a part of its product plan.
This newest information comes simply after EV startup Fisker confirmed {that a} partnership, allegedly with Nissan, to fabricate and share its Alaska electrical pickup won’t occur.