The Nissan Qashqai e-Power collection hybrid is because of hit Australian showrooms later this yr, however do not count on an all-wheel drive e-4orce model to grow to be obtainable anyplace on the planet.
“It isn’t one thing we’re engaged on in the meanwhile,” stated deputy director of marketability at Nissan Technical Middle Europe (NTCE), Adam Robertson. “For the dual-motor e-4orce, we have the X-Path.”
Nissan’s e-Energy collection hybrid system is a little bit completely different to the ideas of manufacturers like Toyota, in that the onboard combustion engine doesn’t instantly drive the wheels.
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It is hooked up to a generator which might energy the e-motor via an inverter, and prices a small lithium-ion battery pack.
The e-4orce moniker is given to electrical or e-Energy hybrid Nissan fashions with all-wheel drive, because the drivetrain options a further electrical motor on the rear axle.
Within the case of the X-Path e-Energy with e-4orce, the model claims the AWD torque response is as much as 10,000 occasions quicker than a mechanical system. It is also able to torque vectoring, in addition to braking the within wheel.
The one-motor Nissan Qashqai e-Energy includes a 116kW 1.5-litre turbocharged petrol engine beneath the bonnet, hooked as much as a motor-generator and an inverter to energy a 2.3kWh lithium battery pack, which drives a 140kW/330Nm electrical motor on the entrance axle.
The combustion engine doesn’t instantly drive the wheels, as an alternative performing as a generator to maintain the battery charged, which then feeds the electrical motor. Nissan says its e-Energy fashions supply a extra EV-like driving expertise than different hybrids.
Native gasoline consumption figures are but to be confirmed, however European fashions use a claimed 5.3L per 100km on the mixed WLTP cycle, about 0.5L/100km up on a Toyota RAV4 2WD Hybridand 1.0L/100km up on the Corolla Cross 2WD Hybrid.
By comparability, the 1.3-litre turbo petrol in common Qashqai fashions makes 110kW (5500rpm) and 250Nm (1600-3750rpm), and makes use of 6.1 liters per 100km on the mixed cycle.
Attributable to launch domestically “someday” in 2023, the Qashqai e-Energy will compete with the Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid and GWM Haval Jolion HEVand serves as a barely smaller different to the top-selling Toyota RAV4 Hybrid and GWM Haval H6 HEV.
Australian pricing hasn’t been confirmed but, however we do already know Nissan’s native division will supply the Qashqai e-Energy – a minimum of initially – in higher-spec ST-L and Ti grades.
The twin-motor X-Path e-Energy with e-Four energy instructions a $4200 premium over the equal 4WD petrol mannequin.
We’re anticipating a $3000-$4000 hole between the Qashqai e-Energy and its turbo petrol equal, which might point out a mid-$45,000 place to begin for the hybrid model.
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