Nissan has offered the strongest indication but that its subsequent GT-R sports activities automobile will go the electrical route with Wednesday’s reveal of the Hyper Pressure idea on the 2023 Tokyo auto present.

A shock fifth member of Nissan’s Hyper household of electrical ideas previewing the automaker’s future design and expertise, the Hyper Pressure is not straight known as a GT-R, however its styling is clearly impressed by earlier generations of Japan’s sports activities automobile icon, and badges entrance and rear mimic the GT-R badge with their silver high and pink backside.

Extra GT-R cues embrace the jet fighter cockpit, range high taillights, massive rear wing, and headlight cutouts that resemble the form of the headlights of the favored R34 technology. The graphics on the rear fenders are additionally a nod to the R30 technology of the Nissan Skyline.

Peak energy from the idea’s electrical powertrain registers at 1,341 hp, or 1,000 kw. There’s additionally an all-wheel-drive system managed by a complicated model of the Nissan e-4orce electrical torque-vectoring system, plus a solid-state battery. Stable-state battery cells have the potential to scale back the burden of an EV’s battery whereas enhancing vary and cost occasions. It is a expertise Nissan is presently growing with a view for launch round 2028.

The idea additionally advantages from carbon-fiber building, together with for the wheels, plus an aerodynamic package deal honed by race engineers from Nissan’s Nismo motorsport division. Parts just like the hood duct, lip spoiler, entrance flics, rear wing, and rear diffuser all assist to provide large downforce at velocity. Nissan stated the idea additionally encompasses a new expertise referred to as plasma actuators to additional improve aerodynamic properties. The expertise depends on strategically positioned electrodes that cost air particles and direct them utilizing an electromagnetic discipline.

Entry to the cabin is through butterfly doorways, a design historically discovered on supercars like these from McLaren. The motive force is confronted with varied screens offering vital efficiency metrics together with data on tire and brake temperature, grip ranges, and energy distribution. The motive force may regulate options just like the suspension and stabilizers through the screens. The content material displayed modifications relying on whether or not the driving force has chosen a GT (grand touring) or R (race) mode.

Different applied sciences featured within the idea embrace a self-driving system that makes use of a lidar sensor, and a helmet with digital and augmented actuality projection that lets the driving force simulate a race on among the world’s high racetracks, whereas the automobile is parked. A driver can compete just about along with his or her associates, or bots.

Nissan Hyper Pressure idea

Nissan Hyper Pressure idea

Nissan Hyper Pressure idea

Whereas Nissan hasn’t stated the Hyper Pressure will enter manufacturing as the following GT-R, the automaker has said the idea is its imaginative and prescient for a “next-generation high-performance automobile.”

Nissan’s final official phrase on the GT-R was 2021’s affirmation the automaker was growing a brand new platform for the following GT-R, the R36. The present R35 GT-R dates again to the 2009 mannequin 12 months, so a substitute has been anticipated for a while.

Nissan’s different Hyper EV ideas embrace the beforehand revealed Hyper City crossover, Hyper Tourer minivan, Hyper Punk connectivity crossover, and Hyper Journey rugged SUV.