Is Nissan launching its sleek new N7 electric car overseas?
Nissan introduced its stylish new N7 electric sedan in China last week, but will it eventually be available overseas?
After unveiling the N7 at the Guangzhou Auto Show last week, Nissan said its newest EV, with its bold new design and advanced new tech, kicks off a new era in China.
The N7 is Nissan’s first dedicated electric model to ride on its Chinese joint venture partner, Dongfeng’s, new EV platform. Dongfeng’s new modular architecture offers “a stress-free driving experience, superior comfort, and a suite of intelligent technology.”
Nissan claims the N7 is poised to “redefine the new benchmark for China’s mainstream family pure electric sedans,” but will it launch overseas in markets like Europe or the US?
At 4,930 mm long, 1,895 mm wide, 1,487 mm tall, with a wheelbase of 2,915 mm, Nissan’s EV is slightly longer than a Tesla Model 3 (4,720 mm long, 1,848 mm wide, 1,442 mm tall, 2,875 mm wheelbase).
The electric car is the first under its new business plan, “The Arc,” introduced in March. Nissan’s new strategy is focused on slashing EV costs while speeding up development.
Nissan is preparing to accelerate its shift to EVs with a market-specific approach. In China, Nissan aims to launch eight new energy vehicles (EVs and PHEVs), including four Nissan-branded. The N7 will go on sale in the first half of 2025 as Nissan looks to challenge market leaders like BYD and Tesla.
Will Nissan launch the N7 EV overseas?
A big part of the strategy includes exporting vehicles from China. Starting in 2025, Nissan wants to rapidly accelerate exports from China into overseas markets.
The company said it aims to reach 100,000 exports but didn’t specify by when or what markets. With Nissan looking to gain an edge in major auto regions like Europe and the US, an overseas N7 arrival could be in the playbook.
However, with new tariffs on EV imports from China, Nissan would have had to drastically cut costs for the models to be competitive.
Nissan plans to make EV models more affordable by developing them in “families” using modular manufacturing, group sourcing, and advanced batteries. The company aims to cut costs on its next-gen electric models by 30% compared to its current Ariya crossover SUV.
Nissan is also adopting its “Intelligent Factory” process, which was first introduced in Japan, to more overseas plants to speed up output.
At its Sunderland, UK plant, Nissan is preparing to launch three new electric versions of its top-selling models.
The first will be the highly anticipated reboot of the iconic LEAF. According to Nissan, the new model was previewed in its 2021 Chill Out concept.
Sources that have seen the new LEAF claim its design is closer to the Aryia. One source even called it a “mini Ariya.” Electric versions of the Juke and Qashqai will follow Nissan’s next-gen LEAF.
Nissan will launch seven new vehicles in the US and Canada as it looks to gain market share. The current LEAF is still being made in Tenessee, but Nissan is preparing its Smyrna plant for its next-gen electric models.
Electrek’s Take
Although Nissan only said the N7 would go on sale in China, it didn’t rule out other overseas markets. With incoming US President-elect Trump vowing to raise tariffs on imports from “countries that have been ripping us off for years,” an N7 arrival in the States is unlikely.
In Europe, an N7 launch is more likely, but with the EU raising tariffs on Chinese EV imports, Nissan would likely struggle to compete on pricing without taking massive losses.
Nissan plans to take a regional-specific approach, introducing electric models tailored to certain markets, such as the US, Europe, China, and Japan.
Do you want to see Nissan’s new N7 in US showrooms eventually? What about in Europe? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
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Over the weekend, Tesla began offering many Cybertruck trade-in estimated values above the original purchase price, apparently due to a glitch in its system.
Tesla offers online trade-in estimates for individuals considering purchasing a vehicle from them.
Over the last few days, Cybertruck owners who submitted their vehicles through the system were surprised to see Tesla offering extremely high valuations on the vehicle, often above what they originally paid for the electric truck.
Here are a few examples:
- $79,200 for a 2025 Cybertruck AWD with 18,000 miles. Since this is a 2025 model year, it was eligible for the tax credit and Tesla is offering the same price as new without incentive.
- Here Tesla offered $118,800 for a 2024 Cybertruck ‘Cyberbeast’ tri-motor with 21,000 miles.
- In this example, Tesla offers $11,000 more than the owner originally paid for a 2024 Cybertruck.
The trade-in estimates made no sense. Tesla has been known to offer more attractive estimates online and then come lower with the official final offer, but this is on a whole different level.
Some speculated that Tesla’s trade-in estimate system was malfunctioning, while others thought Tesla was indirectly recalling early Cybertrucks.
It appears to be the former.
Some Tesla Cybertruck owners who tried to go through a new order with their Cybertruck as a trade-in were told by Tesla advisors that the system was “glitching” and they would not be honoring those prices.
Tesla told buyers that it would be refunding its usually “non-refundable” order fee.
Electrek’s Take
That’s a weird glitch. I assume that it was trying to change how the trade-in value would be estimated and the new math didn’t work for the Cybertruck for whatever reason.
It’s the only thing that makes sense to me.
The Cybertruck’s value is already quite weird due to the fact that Tesla still has new vehicles made in 2024, which are not eligible for the tax credit incentive, while the new ones made in 2025 are eligible.
There’s also the Foundation Series, which bundles many features for a $20,000 higher price.
All these things affect the value and can make it hard to compare with new Cybertrucks offered with 0% interest.
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Like a 90s “gifted” kid that was supposed to be a lot of things, the electric Jeep Wagoneer S never really found its place — but when dealers started discounting the Jeep brands forward-looking flagship by nearly $25,000 back in June, I wrote that it might be time to give the go-fast Wagoneer S a second look.
This month, the discounts are even better.
UPDATE 23AUG25: I found you some even better EV deals!
Whether we’re talking about Mercedes-Benz, Cerberus, Fiat, or even Enzo Ferrari, outsiders have labeled Jeep as a potentially premium brand that could, “if managed properly,” command luxury-level prices all over the globe. That hasn’t happened, and Stellantis is just the latest in a long line of companies to sink massive capital into the brand only to realize that people will not, in fact, spend Mercedes money on a Jeep.
That said, the Jeep Wagoneer S is not a bad car (and neither is its totally different, hideously massive, ICE-powered Wagoneer sibling, frankly). Built on the same Stellantis STLA Large vehicle platform that underpins the sporty Charger Daytona EVs, the confusingly-named Wagoneer S packs dual electric motors putting out almost 600 hp. That’s good enough to scoot the ‘ute 0 to 60 mph in a stomach-turning 3.5 seconds and enough, on paper, to convince Stellantis executives that they had developed a real, market-ready alternative to the Tesla Model Y.
With the wrong name and a sky-high starting price of $66,995 (not including the $1,795 destination fee), however, that demand didn’t materialize, leaving the Wagoneer S languishing on dealer lots across the country.
That could be about to change, however, thanks to big discounts on Wagoneer S being reported at CDJR dealers in several states:
- Jeff Belzer’s in Minnesota has a 2025 Wagoneer S Limited with a $67,790 MSRP for $39,758 ($28,032 off)
- Troncalli CDJR in Georgia has a 2025 Wagoneer S Limited with a $67,590 MSRP for $42,697 ($24,893 off)
- Whitewater CDJR in Minnesota has a 2025 Wagoneer S Limited with a $67,790 MSRP for $43,846 ($23,944 off)
- Antioch CDJR in Illinois has a 2025 Wagoneer S Limited with a $67,790 MSRP for $44,540 ($23,250 off)
“Stellantis bet big on electric versions of iconic American brands like Jeep and Dodge, but consumers aren’t buying the premise,” writes CDG’s Marcus Amick. “(Stellantis’ dealer body) is now stuck with expensive EVs that need huge discounts to move, eating into already thin margins while competitors focus on [more] profitable gas-powered vehicles.”
All of which is to say: if you’ve found yourself drawn to the Jeep Wagoneer S, but couldn’t quite stomach the $70,000+ window stickers, you might want to check in with your local Jeep dealer and see how you feel about it at a JCPenneys-like 30% off!
Jeep Wagoneer S gallery
Original content from Electrek; images via Stellantis.
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Multinational equipment brand SANY just launched a clever new 50-ton reach stacker that pairs gravity and an F1-style KERS system to generate electricity, improve operating efficiency, and reduce costs. The best part: they’re putting that smart tech to work by helping clean up (and shore up) the grid.
Short for Kinetic Energy Recovery System, KERS was a staple of Formula 1 in the late aught and 2010s. Essentially an advanced form of regenerative braking, KERS captured the kinetic energy of a car at speed that would normally be lost as heat when the brake pads pressed against the brake discs. Instead of heat, KERS converted that energy into electricity (storing it in a battery or flywheel), to be deployed later.
Sebastian Vettel explains KERS
In practice, KERS gave drivers an extra boost of horsepower at the push of a button, enabling them to attack or defend their position on track and adding a fresh strategic element to the sport. In SANY’s case, that stored power is fed back into the reach stacker’s electric hydraulic system, reducing pressure loss across the high-pressure setup by 50%, and lowering the machine’s overall energy consumption by more than 60%.
Energy recovery is a key feature. The potential energy of the boom, lifting gear and energy storage cabinets during the boom’s descent can be recovered efficiently with an overall recovery efficiency of over 65%. That means every 1 kWh of consumption in lifting can be recovered by 0.4 kWh during descent.
The 50t reach stacker is available with a 512 kWh swappable battery pack that’s compatible with other SANY heavy equipment assets, and supports both DC fast charging when swapping isn’t practical or (for whatever reason) desirable.
On a single charge and backed by the onboard KERS, that’s good enough for the machine can lift and move containers for more than 7 continuous hours, which SANY claims significantly reducing downtime for charging compared to other, similar equipment assets.
The new SANY reach stacker can stack six 50-ton containers, greatly enhancing a site’s container and battery storage density within a limited space. The first units will reach unnamed customers building out a utility-scale energy storage project by the end of this month.
Electrek’s Take
All the great stuff I was saying about the new 65-tonne XCMG still holds true for the SANY (especially when they take the wraps off their own 65t BESS-specific unit later this year), but the SANY adds smart battery swap tech and what seems to be more efficient operations, too.
Regardless of which one you choose, it seems like the available options for reach stacker operators are just getting better and better!
SOURCE | IMAGES: SANY.
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