Electric GT-R? Really? Carlos Tavares, recently promoted to COO of Renault, hinted at as much at the 2011 New York auto show. "Of course, it's going to be zero emissions. Because your kids, my kids, they will very soon select their car from a short list of zero-emissions vehicles. That's going to happen very soon -- my kids or the kids of my kids at the latest. So it's going to be zero emissions... going to be connected and plus plus plus in safety, comfort, and entertainment."
Of course, zero emissions can be achieved without going full electric, but Nissan has already set a couple of precedents. The Leaf is currently the only electric car available in the U.S. by a major automotive manufacturer, and the company took it racing with the Nismo Leaf RC.
"Well, the GT-R is going to have, of course, a different balance of those attributes. But you have here the Nismo Leaf RC, which is, of course, a racing car. But it's a racing car to make a statement that there is nothing contradictory between an EV power source and the pleasure of driving fast-in a racing car in this case." Electric GT-R? You heard it here first...
