Radical new all-electric Nissan JUKE, QASHQAI and LEAF locked-in

Nissan has released fresh details of its next-generation all-electric replacements for the Nissan JUKE, QASHQAI and LEAF, suggesting that all three dedicated EVs will feature brash new styling to ensure they stand out from the crowd when they’re released in coming years.

The Japanese brand has announced that the new Nissan JUKE, QASHQAI and LEAF will be inspired by the striking Nissan Hyper Urban concept and the angular (and slightly wacky) Nissan Hyper Punk concept, which were recently unwrapped at the 2023 Japan Mobility Show, plus the smooth 2021 Nissan Chill-Out Concept.

Confirming all three will be made at Nissan’s Sunderland plant following a huge £3 billion ($5.7b) investment in the British factory, Nissan said the trio of EVs will benefit from the building of three new gigafactory battery manufacturing facilities, one of which will be located at Sunderland.

Of that, Nissan’s battery partner Envision AESC will contribute £1.12 billion ($A2.1b).

The Sunderland EV factory, named internally as the EV36Zero hub, currently builds the LEAF hatch, which Nissan has previously declared will be replaced by an all-new SUV in 2026.

It wasn’t explicitly confirmed, but it’s thought the most daring Hyper Punk concept will directly inspire the third-generation Nissan JUKE that’s also due to be replaced around 2026.

If so, you can expect that concept’s high-riding coupe silhouette and raised hipline – accentuated by overzealous wheel-arches – to carry on into production, although the futuristic illuminated triangular alloy wheels might not become reality.

Inside, again, we expect Nissan will be brave with its JUKE replacement by matching the show car multitude of lines, shapes and sharp angles.

The next Nissan QASHQAI, meanwhile, will borrow heavily from the Hyper Urban, which looks like a more radical take on the current Ariya electric hatch already on sale.

Expect its sharp angular lines to live on, but for the scissor doors to be dropped for practicality’s sake.

The triangle theme continues inside, although for the more family-centric SUV we expect it to be toned down when the new mid-size SUV lands around 2027.

Finally, the LEAF successor will morph into a sleek coupe-style SUV that will mirror the 2021 Chill Out. The shift from hatch to SUV is hoped to reignite the EV’s popularity in the sales charts.

No technical details have been released yet, but all three cars are expected to sit on the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi CMF-EV architecture that is currently used for the latest Renault Megane E-Tech and the Nissan Ariya.

As well as building or upgrading three gigafactories for the Sunderland plant, Nissan says it will create its own power station at the site – dubbed the EV36Zero Microgrid – incorporating wind and solar farms to ensure it eventually runs on 100 per cent renewable energy.