A Nissan Rogue hybrid? Sounds like a automobile that would win the blessing of Nissan-Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn, who is known to be very bullish on battery electric vehicles taking over the sector. Lending far more distinct credence to the rumor, a Japanese engineer just told Automotive News that Nissan might give us a Rogue hybrid. Are your electrons obtaining excited, crossover purchasers?
The suggestion comes from Nobusuke Toukura, chief engineer for the new X-Trail Hybrid, the overseas Rogue built on the identical platform, which was just introduced in Japan last week. When we asked Nissan USA about the prospect, the organization wouldn’t confirm Toukura’s claim outright, but did say that it would like to add a lot more hybrids beyond the Pathfinder Hybrid to its lineup. Since the Rogue is Nissan’s second very best-selling model and Toyota has just unwrapped the RAV4 Hybrid, a Rogue hybrid appears like a no-brainer. From a production standpoint, a Rogue hybrid would be easy to add to the Smyrna, Tennessee line that already rolls out Rogues and Pathfinders.
Like the Pathfinder Hybrid, the X-Trail Hybrid eschews the common 2-motor setup—a generator to charge its lithium-ion battery and a traction motor to put down the power—and alternatively employs 2 electronic clutches that carry out each duties, with 1 separating the engine and the motor. On the X-Trail Hybrid, Nissan pairs a 40-hp electric motor with a 2.-liter 145-hp 4-cylinder, optional all-wheel drive, and claims 47 mpg on Japan’s very unrealistic JC08 cycle. It’s tough to say how that combo would do in EPA testing but at the quite least we could expect a drastically higher rating than the Pathfinder Hybrid’s 25/27 mpg city/highway.
Even with gas rates in a welcome lull, Nissan requirements volume to grow to be noticed in this space, and the future hybridized GT-R is not going to do it. The last-gen Altima Hybrid, which used a Toyota-licensed powertrain, was quick-lived, reasonably inefficient, and only offered in 10 states. And while the Nissan Leaf leads the plug-in marketplace, the automaker sells the fewest hybrids of all its competitors. Combined with its 3 Infiniti models (Q50, QX60, and Q70), Nissan sold fewer than 8000 hybrids in 2014. Ford shipped more than 9.5 instances that number. Even Subaru, which offers only the XV Crosstrek Hybrid, managed to outsell Nissan and Infiniti in its really 1st year. Get to it, Ghosn.
Nissan Rogue Hybrid May Migrate to the U.S.
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