Meet Nissan’s shocking Geneva Motor show concept! This is the ESFLOW, a 100 per cent electric rear-wheel drive sports car concept that takes Nissan’s battery technology to the next level.
Unlike Nissan’s electric LEAF family car, the ESFLOW has been designed as an electric car from the ground up, allowing the firm’s engineers to locate the car’s electric powertrain for optimum weight distribution.
However, the ESFLOW does use the powertrain from the LEAF, albeit optimised for performance. Each rear wheel features its own electric motor which provides enough torque to allow the concept to sprint from 0-62mph in under five seconds. The motors allow torque vectoring for razor-sharp handling.
Power is provided by the same 24kw/h laminated lithium-ion batteries used by the LEAF. However, in the ESFLOW these are located along the front and rear axles for optimum weight distribution, and give a range of over 150 miles – an improvement on the LEAF’s 109 miles.
Erik G Pedrosa
Auto Express
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