Nissan’s Supercharged Hybrid System
Published Thursday, 10 November, 2011 by Blog Admin. Categories: New Inventory, Green, Fleet, News, Nissan, Sunnyvale, Hybrid.
Nissan is working hard to lower the emissions from all vehicles, not just their electric Nissan Leaf. The company will soon implement an advanced supercharged engine matted to a hybrid powerplant.
This hybrid, which will be available on cars at Nissan Sunnyvale one day, connects a supercharged 2.5 liter 4-cylinder engine with CVT transmission, electric motor, and lithium-ion battery. Details on fuel economy will depend on the vehicles themselves, though Nissan "seems to have…