Nissan Teases New Electric R32 Skyline GTR Project

When it involves Japanese sports activities vehicles, the Nissan R32 Skyline is certainly a part of the car corridor of fame. Now, Nissan plans to replace the R32 for the brand new electric powered panorama with an EV R32 GTR. 

Nissan Japan`s Twitter account teased the brand new challenge with a video displaying what seems to be a inventory R32 Skyline firing up. At least it sounds inventory and possesses an exhaust pipe, so that is probably now no longer what the EV R32 GTR will appearance like. 

Details are nonetheless scarce, and for the reason that it has most effective been published on Nissan's Japanese language sites, the USA is probably now no longer the supposed audience. According to Nissan, the challenge become the brainchild of a Nissan engineer who desired to use the entirety Nissan is gaining knowledge of approximately EVs to one of the maximum iconic Japanese home market (JDM) classics ever made. That appears to be a recipe for fulfillment if all is going consistent with plan.

An electrified JDM classic

This isn't always the primary time a big automaker carried out new era to a JDM classic. In January, Toyota discovered a couple of opportunity gas variations of its iconic AE86 hatchback, with one owning an EV drivetrain and the opposite the usage of hydrogen gas cells. Ford presently gives the Eluminator, an EV crate motor you could drop into any vehicle (with a touch work) to provide it an EV drivetrain. 

The destiny is thrilling for EV vehicles, way to businesses like Nissan, who're inclined to take a ruin from churning out Altimas to expose that EV vehicles are not all high-magnificence Teslas and Lucids and are able to being fun. A heavy dose of nostalgia would not hurt, either. 

Currently, there are few information as to what Nissan's plans are for the EV R32 Skyline, and it appears to be only a idea now. However, it is tough now no longer to get excited on the challenge's potential.