This Nissan Sunny Truck packs a Leaf’s electric powertrain

Nissan could have possibly some of the coolest automobiles on the upcoming 2022 SEMA display in Las Vegas.

The automaker will provide a 1987 Datsun Sunny Truck whose authentic powertrain has been swapped out for the electrical setup from a contemporary Nissan Leaf. Ford had a equivalent idea in response to a 1978 F-100 pickup on the 2021 SEMA display, and Chevy had one in response to a C-10 pickup at 2019’s display.

The electrical powertrain from the Leaf is composed of a unmarried motor rated at 147 hp and 236 lb-ft of torque. That is about two times the facility and thrice the torque of the Sunny Truck’s authentic 4-cylinder.

The construct additionally options the Leaf’s usual 40-kwh battery, which within the light-weight Sunny Truck may probably ship extra vary than the 149 miles of the Leaf. Nissan hasn’t equipped an estimate.

Nissan by no means offered the Sunny Truck within the U.S. This one used to be sourced from Japan, therefore the right-hand-drive configuration.

The truck belongs to Tommy Pike, proprietor of South Carolina-based Tommy Pike Customs, and he and his workshop staff treated the conversion. He paired the electrical motor with a handbook transmission, a transfer that required a customized bellhousing adapter. He additionally put in a customized driveshaft and a customized aluminum field for the battery.

Nissan fanatics of a definite age will in an instant acknowledge the colour aggregate Pike implemented to his pickup. It is impressed via the livery used on Baja racers fielded via Brock Racing Enterprises within the past due ’60s and early ’70s.

This yr’s SEMA display is scheduled for Nov. 1-4. Nissan will even use the display to give its new Z GT4 race automotive and a Z with Nismo equipment.