Nissan is gearing up to launch a Juke-sized electric SUV, as it looks to expand its EV line-up in the UK and Europe. The new model will use a shortened version of the electric-specific CMF-EV architecture that is used by Nissan’s forthcoming Ariya SUV and Renault’s electric Mégane crossover, which will be the same size as the new Nissan.
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Last year, Nissan Europe’s head of EV, Helen Perry, told auto Express: “A platform investment is huge. For sure, there will be usage for the [CMF-EV] platform for something more than Ariya. We wouldn’t have invested in a brand-new alliance platform unless there was other usage planned.”
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Further details have since emerged, with Nissan Europe’s general manager for product planning, Nicolas Bozek, also hinting that additional models were in the pipeline. talking to auto express about Nissan’s new E-4ORCE electric four-wheel drive system – which will appear first on the Ariya SUV – Bozek confirmed that the technology would feature on other automobiles in the future: “We think it will have a place down the road in other models,” he told us.
“We are quite strong in the B-segment [supermini SUV class],” Bozek said. “It could be quite interesting on this kind of car.”