Nissan has supplied the strongest indication but that its subsequent GT-R sports activities automotive will go the electrical route with Wednesday’s reveal of the Hyper Drive 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 know-how, the Hyper Drive isn’t immediately known as a GT-R, however its styling is clearly impressed by earlier generations of Japan’s sports activities automotive icon, and badges entrance and rear mimic the GT-R badge with their silver prime and crimson backside.

Further GT-R cues embody the jet fighter cockpit, stove-top taillights, massive rear wing, and headlight cutouts that resemble the form of the headlights of the favored R34 era. The graphics on the rear fenders are additionally a nod to the R30 era 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 bettering vary and cost occasions. It’s a know-how Nissan is at the moment growing with a view for launch round 2028.

The idea additionally advantages from carbon-fiber development, together with for the wheels, plus an aerodynamic bundle 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 supply large downforce at pace. Nissan stated the idea additionally includes a new know-how referred to as plasma actuators to additional improve aerodynamic properties. The know-how depends on strategically positioned electrodes that cost air particles and direct them utilizing an electromagnetic subject.

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

Different applied sciences featured within the idea embody a self-driving system that makes use of a lidar sensor, and a helmet with digital and augmented actuality projection that lets the motive force simulate a race on among the world’s prime racetracks, whereas the automotive is parked. A driver can compete nearly together with his or her pals, or bots.

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

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

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

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This text was initially revealed by Motor Authority, an editorial associate of ClassicCars.com