Nissan on Tuesday revealed the Hyper Journey, the second of 4 electrical automobile ideas the automaker plans to debut on Oct. 25 on the 2023 Tokyo auto present.

The Hyper Journey is a rugged SUV that Nissan mentioned has been designed for outside existence. It follows the Hyper City crossover which, because the identify suggests, has been designed for city existence.

The Hyper Journey’s design is so much boxier in comparison with the Hyper City which featured an nearly coupe-like profile. Nevertheless, to make sure it is nonetheless aerodynamically environment friendly, which is essential for an EV’s vary, the Hyper Journey options channels to assist direct the stream of air. Regular gaps or protruding options discovered on vehicles have additionally been made easy on the idea, together with the place the facet home windows meet the roof.

Entry to the cabin is through typical doorways for front-seat passengers and gullwing doorways for these sitting on the rear. Up entrance, data for the motive force extends past the sprint to the underside of the windshield, an idea BMW plans to introduce in its next-generation EVs. On the rear, Nissan has designed the bench seat in order that it might probably flip backward to supply outside seating when the automobile is parked.

Nissan Hyper Journey idea

Nissan hasn’t offered any particular particulars on the platform or powertrain, aside from there being an all-wheel-drive system with Nissan’s e-4ORCE torque vectoring system. The automaker additionally mentioned there’s bidirectional charging and a large-capacity battery, which can allow the idea to energy a campsite or cost electrical leisure tools like grime bikes or jet skis.

Bidirectional charging would additionally allow the automobile to behave as vitality storage for a house, enabling it to cost up at off-peak occasions when electrical energy charges are low (or higher but utilizing solar energy), after which discharge at peak occasions when electrical energy charges are increased.

Nissan mentioned the Hyper household of ideas preview design and applied sciences certain for upcoming manufacturing EVs. Nissan has a really restricted EV lineup at current however plans to supply 19 unfold throughout the Nissan and Infiniti manufacturers by the point 2030 rolls round.

The automaker hasn’t mentioned what its future EV portfolio will appear to be, although a spread of crossovers and presumably a sedan or two is probably going for the U.S. A pickup truck for the U.S. is reportedly additionally into consideration.