Nissan’s Leaf is one of the highest-profile electric cars on the market, but the automaker is working on other alternative-propulsion vehicles, too.
According to What Car, Nissan is planning the launch of a plug-in hybrid vehicle within the next two years, and even a hydrogen fuel cell car by 2017.
The plug-in hybrid won’t be an all-new vehicle, like the Leaf, but based on an existing model instead.
A recipient in the compact or midsize class is most likely, which suggests that in Europe the Qashqai small crossover is most likely to gain electric assistance, not least as it’s the company’s highest-selling model. The Qashqai’s US equivalent is the Nissan Rogue, but at this stage it would be too early to speculate on US sales.
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