Nissan says an all-new Navara will go on sale in Australia round 2026, and it’ll lean on Mitsubishi know-how for electrification.
Guillaume Cartier, Nissan chairperson for AMIEO (Africa, Center East, India, Europe and Oceania), advised media that whereas diesel would be the first cab off the rank for Navara, plug-in hybrid know-how will comply with thereafter.
“We’re coping with the regulatory facet, to know whether or not it is going to be passenger automobile or SUV and the way pickup will qualify inside that. Which is in dialogue,” stated Mr Cartier.
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“We have to reply the regulation, however we’d like additionally to reply the client. The way in which the pickup is utilized in Australia is completely completely different than elsewhere. As a result of some are utilizing it for work and a few for leisure.
“So we have to make it possible for if we electrify, how we electrify. I feel it is going to be a two-step strategy, first with a PHEV resolution, then afterward with EV. That would be the two-step strategy.”
When requested whether or not this PHEV resolution can be a Mitsubishi-based one, Mr Cartier confirmed that it will be the quickest and best technique to allow plug-in hybrid tech for the Navara.
“That’s what we’re , however first it is going to be with a diesel strategy,” he stated.
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Mitsubishi Triton
“On the primary one we’re with Mitsubishi… There’s additionally know-how we’ve got in-house, which is solid-state battery, however that may take time.
“We’re piloting on the finish of 2024, however that’s actually the game-changer. If this know-how is as profitable as we’re consider, we are able to electrify automobiles which are immediately unable to be electrified.”
The following Navara is predicted to share its platform with the brand new Mitsubishi Triton.
Whereas Nissan has been rolling out e-Energy hybrid know-how throughout its SUV vary, it hasn’t confirmed any plans to introduce this to the Navara.
Mitsubishi has mastered plug-in hybrid know-how with automobiles just like the Outlander PHEV and it’s probably that this would be the know-how that makes its approach into the Navara.
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Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV
This may give Nissan a rival to the upcoming BYD Shark and Ford Ranger plug-in hybrid utes.
However the battery know-how will must be supersized given the Outlander PHEV, a a lot lighter automobile than a Navara, solely has round 84km of driving vary.
The BYD Shark includes a 30kWh battery, whereas Outlander PHEV sits at round 20kWh.
Both approach, it’s an enormous growth for the Navara, however will come too late to reap the benefits of Australian Authorities tax subsidies for personal novated leases until the scheme is prolonged.
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