Nissan on Wednesday unveiled a new approach to developing core components for its EV and e-Power hybrid models — resulting in what Nissan believes is on par with internal combustion models. hybrid around 2026.
Under the so-called X-in-1 philosophy, the core components of both battery-powered and e-Power powertrains (3 for EV, 5 for e-Power) will be modular, with a shared numbers—an approach that allows them to produce on the same line.
Such sharing and modularization of core components should result in an approximately 30% reduction in powertrain costs when it is introduced in 2024, compared to 2019 and around 2026, when they are set to be rolled out. put into mass production, it would allow for that same price.
Nissan E-Power shares technology between electric and hybrid vehicles
Nissan’s e-Power models are hybrid — meaning the gasoline engine drives the generator, while the electric motor drives the wheels (with a modest battery pack in the middle). Nissan hasn’t ruled out the idea of a plug-in hybrid, but all of its e-Power models to date have used a gasoline-powered format.
E-Power made it Released in 2016 on the Japanese market’s Note small car, and since then it has pushed the system to more models and created a completely hybrid Notewith technology that has now reached Europe.
The Nissan X-in-1 approach to modularizing EV and e-Power components
The Nissan X-in-1 approach to modularizing EV and e-Power components
The Nissan X-in-1 approach to modularizing EV and e-Power components
More focused sharing of motor and inverter technology between e-Power and their electric vehicles will help reduce costs for both, and Nissan notes that it is aiming for a third generation of in-house inverters, with Significant progress in efficiency and miniaturization. Nissan also added a newly developed motor that reduces the use of heavy rare earth elements to 1% or less of the weight of the magnet, Nissan said, while the modularization itself will reduce the weight by 10 % size and helps control noise and vibration.
In a bit more detail, the EV version combines the motor, inverter and gearshift transmission, while the e-Power version combines the motor, inverter, generator, reducer and motor transmission. -generator. Nissan’s linked gearbox supplier, Jatco, will package the components together into modules.
Nissan e-Power hybrid for North America?
Nissan did not discuss applications for North America in a virtual reveal of the technology or in an accompanying press release. But according to car newsquoted senior vice president Toshihiro Hirai, e-Power could be used in future body-on-frame vehicles.
That could refer to a variety of potential vehicles, including fleet trucks, other commercial vehicles, or personal-use pickups or SUVs—or all of the above.
Nissan Qashqai E-Power 2022
In the United States, Nissan has sent mixed messages about e-Power hybrids — and what its North American Electric Vehicle lineup could look like by the end of the decade. But this announcement could be a positive step for the implementation of these technologies.
The parent company initially said that it planned to launch a version of it as a mass-market hybrid system in North America, replacing its limited availability. fake hybrid and perhaps eventually adopt the Toyota RAV4 or Ford Escape’s hybrid rich product mix. In 2019, it said instead that while it was still working on technology for the US, e-Power hybrid for the US will aim for performance instead of just saving fuel.
At the end of 2019, their luxury brand Infiniti revealed a far-reaching plan to refocusing its product line around electric vehicles and a version of e-Power, but until mid-2021 it dropped that high-tech vision.
Nissan seeks cost parity with EVs, e-Power hybrid
Electric car price war? Modular approach can help
Nissan suggested a substitute for its Leaf, launching around 2026, and the possibility of an electric compact van. Both will be cost-conscious products backed by this modular approach.
Look at what Nissan confirmed: Mid-decade in Mississippi, they plan to speed up production of two new electric vehicles—one for the Nissan brand, one for Infiniti.
Nissan EV to be built in Mississippi
Nissan USA told Green Car Reports it could not verify the modular system for those people nor provide any timeline updates for the e-Power in the US.
Looking at electric cars alone, Nissan sees even more price parity — and again it points to its own anticipated launch solid-state batteries around 2028mass-market scale a few years later, was key to that.
