Nissan has laid out the powertrain plan for its Navara dual-cab ute, with an all-new mannequin set to launch in 2026 that may step from diesel, to plug-in energy, to a full BEV.
It’s the primary time Nissan has laid out its powertrain imaginative and prescient for the Navara – and the primary time it has outlined launch timing – with the model ruling out its personal e-Energy expertise in favour of plug-in hybrid tech it is going to borrow from Alliance accomplice Mitsubishi.
However first, the model says, shall be a diesel engine, with Nissan’s executives conceding demand isn’t but there for electrification within the dual-cab area, however that demand will change, as will the regulatory surroundings.
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“We’re coping with the regulatory side, to know whether or not will probably be passenger car or SUV and the way pickup will qualify inside that. Which is in dialogue,” says Nissan Chairperson of the AMEIO Area, Guillaume Cartier
“We have to reply the regulation, however we want additionally to reply the shopper. The best way the pickup is utilized in Australia is completely totally different than elsewhere. As a result of some are utilizing it for work and a few for leisure.
“So we have to guarantee that if we electrify, how we electrify. I feel will probably be a two-step strategy, first with a PHEV answer, then in a while with EV. That would be the two-step strategy.
“That’s what we’re , however first will probably be with a diesel strategy.”
The plug-in energy answer could be borrowed from Mitsubishi, with the Navara and the Mitsubishi Triton anticipated to share platforms and powertrains to assist cut back manufacturing prices. Mitsubishi, Nissan and Renault are a part of a broader automotive alliance that enables them to share expertise.
Following the plug-in powered ute, and presumably a lot additional down the road, could be a Navara powered by solid-state batteries, which Nissan says have the ability to affect even the heaviest and most work-focused fashions.
“On the primary one we’re with Mitsubishi, however the subsequent one we’re (nonetheless) . As a result of there’s additionally expertise we’ve got in-house, which is solid-state battery, however that may take time. We’re piloting it on the finish of 2024, however that’s actually the game-changer. If this expertise is as profitable as we consider, we are able to electrify vehicles which can be at the moment unable to be electrified,” Mr Cartier says.
The all-new Nissan Navara will arrive in 2026, with the model but to spell out timings for its PHEV and BEV variations.