British media, citing Ponz Pandikuthira, Nissan's vice president of product planning in Europe, reported on the company's plans.
As the top manager stated, the third generation Nissan Qashqai will be available in two versions: with a traditional petrol-electric setup and as a plug-in hybrid. For this, Japanese engineers will need to create a new platform. It is quite likely that the basis will be a significantly refined CMF chassis, which is already used by the Renault-Nissan alliance.
Pandikuthira also noted that a fully electric modification of the Qashqai should not be expected — its development would be too expensive. At the same time, information previously emerged that Nissan plans to release a separate compact electric crossover, which will become an independent model rather than a version of the Qashqai.
