Today, electric cars are still very expensive, often much more expensive than their thermal equivalents. And if there are several reasons for this, the main one remains the cost of the battery. In fact, it generally represents from 60 to 80% of the total cost car Suffice it to say, it’s huge. If batteries become a bit more affordable in the coming years, parity between engines still shouldn’t happen right away. Nevertheless, manufacturers are actively working on it. Starting with Nissan, which is currently developing new technologies that will make its electric vehicles more affordable.

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From 2026

Thus, the manufacturer expects that it will be possible to sell it cars with zero emissions at the same price as 2026 combustion engine models. But how will this be possible? For this, the manufacturer is developing a completely new revolutionary engine, christened X-in-1 and whose first prototype was presented. Then the engine, inverter and gearbox are combined into a single unit. The second e-Power engine additionally adds a generator and gearboxes. Then the design is much more economical according to the brand.

For all models

The advantage of this technology is that it will be able to equip, of course, electric models, as well as thermal and hybrid models of the manufacturer. However, this should not last long, as the firm plans to sell only zero-emission models in the future. From 2025, then from 2027 Juke, Qashqai and X-Trail in particular, it will become electric. In a year, the company plans to release its first solid-state batteries.