Announced at the presentation of the Qashqai in February 2021, the e-Power version was surprised in the test phase in southern Spain. The compact SUV will land at the end of spring with an electric / hybrid technology different from Renault’s E-Tech system.
Like the Juke, hybrid technology is desired at Nissan. The small SUV will inherit the E-Tech system from its cousin Captur in the summer of 2022. On the other hand, the Qashqai will not adopt Renault technology for one simple reason: Nissan already uses e-Power technology in Japan, and it would have been too costly to carry out specific development for the European market alone. If the system of the French manufacturer is particular with its gearbox without clutch, that of the Japanese is just as much.
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Launch in late spring
Despite the stickers, the novelty is hidden under the hood with a 190 hp electric motor associated with a 1.5 petrol engine of 157 hp.
Indeed, the latter combines a three-cylinder petrol and a 190 hp electric motor. Everything is connected to a small 2 kWh battery which only serves as a buffer. The peculiarity is that the traction is provided by the only electric machine. The 157 hp variable compression ratio 1.5 block, derived from the 2.0 Infiniti, acts as a generator at stationary speeds. Except when starting or overtaking, where it delivers its maximum torque. A motor with expensive technology for a simple current producer. But the drawback of the e-Power system in Japan remains its consumption on the highway. Therefore, Nissan has chosen this block in order to keep it to a minimum. However, the first data announces 5.3 l / 100 km and 122 g / km of CO2. Thus, the vehicle will escape the penalty in 2022 and narrowly in 2023. Figures that engineers must currently verify during development tests on Andalusian roads. The marketing of the Nissan Qashqai e-Power is scheduled for late spring.
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