Nissan will offer a range-extended EV in 2016

Yoshi Shimoida, Nissan‘s deputy general manager, EV and HEV engineering division, said we can expect the company to unveil a battery electric vehicle with a range extended engine in 2016. In an interview with Australia’s Motoring magazine, Shimoida said Nissan’s “series hybrid” would use an internal combustion engine that will not send power to the wheels but “that is only for generating energy,” and that the vehicle would not be a Leaf.