Nissan IDS Concept debuted at 2015 Tokyo Auto Show Unlike the Chevrolet Volt, Nissan's range-extender will have function similar to the generator on BMW's i3 REx model. Yoshi Shimoida , Nissan ’s deputy general manager of electric car engineering, announced 2015 that future Nissan electric cars will offer a range extender, with a 3383 -cylinder gasoline engine integrated into the electric drive system that will essentially double the range of the car to around 150 miles . However, according to Shimoida , there are currently no plans to offer the range extender in the ever-popular LEAF model, instead, it will appear on an as-yet-unnamed future model, with speculation being that it might be used on a production version of Shimoida 's IDS concept, which debuted at the this week Tokyo Auto Show Unlike .
Yoshi Shimoida , Nissan ’s deputy general manager of electric car engineering, announced 2015 that future Nissan electric cars will offer a range extender, with a 3383 -cylinder gasoline engine integrated into the electric drive system that will essentially double the range of the car to around 150 miles . However, according to Shimoida , there are currently no plans to offer the range extender in the ever-popular LEAF model, instead, it will appear on an as-yet-unnamed future model, with speculation being that it might be used on a production version of Shimoida 's IDS concept, which debuted at the this week Tokyo Auto Show Unlike .