Infiniti has been hinting at an electrical automobile for years and it seems like one is lastly coming.

The automaker on Tuesday revealed the Imaginative and prescient Qe idea, a fastback hatch that previews its first showroom-bound EV. A crossover counterpart, which can be previewed individually by a Imaginative and prescient QXe idea, can also be deliberate.

The Imaginative and prescient Qe options the newest evolution of Infiniti’s Artistry in Movement design language, and adopts particulars that Infiniti could use to tell apart electrical fashions, like a grille that extends down into the entrance fascia, and lightweight bars spanning the width of the automobile each on the entrance and rear. The lightbars function a motif that Infiniti refers to as “digital piano key” lighting, and can flash a sequence to welcome the motive force as she or he approaches.

No particulars on the Imaginative and prescient Qe’s powertrain have been revealed.

Infiniti Imaginative and prescient Qe idea

Timing for the manufacturing model additionally hasn’t been revealed, however data detailed at a seller assembly final summer time factors to gross sales beginning in 2026. The electrical hatch is anticipated to fill the void of the mid-size Q70 sedan which bowed out after 2019. The crossover counterpart is due in 2027, in response to data from the identical seller assembly.

Each EVs have been teased in 2022, after they have been confirmed by Infiniti for manufacturing at Nissan’s plant in Canton, Mississippi. Associated Nissan fashions will even be constructed on the plant.

Infiniti has been promising an EV since 2009, which the automaker first previewed in 2012 with the reveal of the LE idea, a compact sedan based mostly on the platform of the unique Nissan Leaf. After dropping plans for the LE, the automaker dedicated to growing extended-range EVs earlier than making its present dedication to traditional battery-electric EVs.

Infiniti introduced the Imaginative and prescient Qe at an occasion in Tokyo, the place the automaker confirmed three extra fashions. These included a redesigned Q80, a coupe-like crossover referred to as the QX65, and the electrical crossover to be previewed by the Imaginative and prescient QXe idea.