Tokyo 2009: Nissan Fuga hybrid arrives in Japan fall 2010, to U.S. in 2011 - Green Cars
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After several years of selling small volumes of the Altima sedan using Toyota’s hybrid drive system, Nissan is finally ready to roll out its first in-house developed hybrid system. The first model to be so equipped is the new Fuga sedan. This car is sold in North America as the Infiniti M.
Unlike the electronic CVT systems from Toyota, Ford and GM, Nissan has opted to configure their system using a conventional automatic transmission, in this case a 7-speed. The electric drive is provided by a single motor sandwiched between the engine and the transmission. A pair of electronically-controlled clutches sit on either side of the motor allowing the engine or the engine/motor combination to be completely de-coupled from the transmission.
The motor has an output of 50 kW and 270 Nm (200 pound-feet) and the system is able to propel the Fuga/M electrically at speeds of up 62 mph. The engine is a 3.5-liter version of Nissan’s renowned VQ V6 modified to run with an Atkinson cycle for greater efficiency. Koichi Hayasaki, senior manager on the hybrid program tells us that the final numbers on the engine output as well as the net combined output won’t be released until sometime in 2010. Energy storage is handled by a lithium ion battery pack using the same kind of modules that are going into the LEAF EV and produced by AESC. The M hybrid should arrive in the U.S. sometime in 2011 as a 2012 model.
[Source: Nissan]
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