Nissan has a new strategy for electrified drive

By Redação AutoIndústria | Translated by Jorge Meditsch

More than its Japanese competitors, Nissan is the country’s brand with more time dedicated to electric vehicles so far. And it doesn’t want to lose this distinction. This Friday, 3/10, the manufacturer revealed its new global strategy for electrified drive development, named “X-in-1”, which will orient its next year’s launches.

Nissan will share key components between full-electric and e-Power hybrids, expecting to reduce development costs by 30% until 2026 compared to 2019. In three years, the company expects a price parity between its e-Power and internal combustion drive trains.

The manufacturer has already developed a prototype of a 3-in-1 drive that modularizes the electric motor, inverter and reducer and should be used in electric vehicles, as well as the 5-in-1, which also modularizes the generator and gear system for vehicles equipped with the e-Power system.

Among the advantages of this strategy, besides cost reduction and enabling production in a single line, are the motor size and weight reduction, potentializing the vehicle driving performance by minimizing vibration and noise, and the adoption of a recently developed electric motor that reduces the use of rare-earth elements to 1% or less the magnet weight.

“We availed of our expertise and know-how of more than a decade developing and producing electrification technologies and will create a new value for our customers delivering 100% electric models the most inclusive way as possible”, says Toshihiro Hirai, Nissan’s senior vice president, who commands the development of electric vehicles and drive systems.

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