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We know the next Nissan GT-R will utilise hybrid technology in its quest to vanquish any performance car that dare tread in its path. But watch out Tesla, because Nissan chiefs have admitted a future GT-R (which may take styling clues from the Vision GT concept, pictured above) could also go completely electric.
As Nissan launches its upgraded Leaf, its electric vehicle push gaining momentum post-dieselgate, its European EV Director Gareth Dunsmore is on a mission to make zero emissions exciting. Youd expect nothing less from a man who helped make the original Juke R a reality.
The rate of change over the last five years has been phenomenal,Dunsmore told TG. We cant build an electric GT-R today. But do I want to? Id love to. Will we be able to do that in the future? I cant see a technical reason why we wouldnt be able to implement electric vehicle technology in something like a performance vehicle.
Nissan, of course, has history with this sort of e-thing, producing both the Leaf RC concept and the Zeod RC racer, which completed the first ever zero emission lap of Le Mans in its infamously short stint in the 2014 race.
Were not doing these things randomly continued Dunsmore We have a passion for it.
It would be a phenomenal place to go, he said of an electrified GT-R.But wed need to do these things with credibility, take our expertise and know-how and make sure if we go to that step, its world beating, as the GT-R is today. It needs to be a world beater.
For sheer oh-my-God-my-kidneys acceleration, the electric-only Tesla Model S and its famous Insane and Ludicrous modes is one of the few cars that comes close to Godzilla.
But it appears Nissan wont let the Californians have a monopoly on e-cceleration. And happily, it seems the GT-Rs disregard for both expensive supercar exotica and internet comment box naysayers wont be halted by Nissans quest to make electric vehicles the norm.
An electric GT-R might be unlikely much before the end of this decade, but its certainly under consideration.
Excited much? Or should Godzilla always have a roaring six-cylinder petrol engine?
We know the next Nissan GT-R will utilise hybrid technology in its quest to vanquish any performance car that dare tread in its path. But watch out Tesla, because Nissan chiefs have admitted a future GT-R (which may take styling clues from the Vision GT concept, pictured above) could also go completely electric.
As Nissan launches its upgraded Leaf, its electric vehicle push gaining momentum post-dieselgate, its European EV Director Gareth Dunsmore is on a mission to make zero emissions exciting. Youd expect nothing less from a man who helped make the original Juke R a reality.
The rate of change over the last five years has been phenomenal,Dunsmore told TG. We cant build an electric GT-R today. But do I want to? Id love to. Will we be able to do that in the future? I cant see a technical reason why we wouldnt be able to implement electric vehicle technology in something like a performance vehicle.
Nissan, of course, has history with this sort of e-thing, producing both the Leaf RC concept and the Zeod RC racer, which completed the first ever zero emission lap of Le Mans in its infamously short stint in the 2014 race.
Were not doing these things randomly continued Dunsmore We have a passion for it.
It would be a phenomenal place to go, he said of an electrified GT-R.But wed need to do these things with credibility, take our expertise and know-how and make sure if we go to that step, its world beating, as the GT-R is today. It needs to be a world beater.
For sheer oh-my-God-my-kidneys acceleration, the electric-only Tesla Model S and its famous Insane and Ludicrous modes is one of the few cars that comes close to Godzilla.
But it appears Nissan wont let the Californians have a monopoly on e-cceleration. And happily, it seems the GT-Rs disregard for both expensive supercar exotica and internet comment box naysayers wont be halted by Nissans quest to make electric vehicles the norm.
An electric GT-R might be unlikely much before the end of this decade, but its certainly under consideration.
Excited much? Or should Godzilla always have a roaring six-cylinder petrol engine?
