That seems to be the same as the Nissan X-Trail system (I posted on page 17), makes sense I suppose..stevebrooks wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:50 am Nissan Qashqai-epower, hybrid that uses petrol motor to charge the battery, doesn't supply any info on range just running on battery, but I am guessing most of the time on long trips it will be using the petrol motor to charge. Interestingly the hybrid costs more than the full electric, which really shouldn't be surprising since there are a lot of extra components, and shorter service intervals because, of course, petrol motor and etc.
The two problems I found when I looked at that was Drive tested it and said the RAV4 was more efficient, plus the Nissan requires 95 unleaded vs the Toyota Hybrids that use 91, saving a little more money again.
Not really sure what Nissan are trying to do here, more complexity means more chance of faults IMHO, all other things being equal. Add to that it not being more efficient I am not sure who thought this was worthwhile.
I guess time will tell whether more tests show any justification to adopt this new Hybrid approach.