Nissan in 2021 rolled out a handful of ideas previewing potential designs for the model’s upcoming EV portfolio. Considered one of them was a pickup truck known as the Surf-Out, which might show common as each a way of life truck and light-duty workhorse within the U.S.

Nissan design chief Alfonso Albaisa informed Motor Authority in a 2022 interview that his design staff was investigating an electrical pickup truck, and now an government representing Nissan dealerships has revealed that Nissan is finding out one for the U.S.

The knowledge was revealed by Nissan Supplier Advisory Board Chairman Tyler Slade in an interview with Automotive Information (subscription required) revealed on Sunday.

Slade additionally mentioned within the interview that sellers are asking for a mid-size electrical truck, and that industrial consumers may gain advantage as operating prices might doubtlessly be decrease in comparison with a standard gas-powered truck.

Whereas Ford already provides an electrical truck within the type of the full-size F-150 Lightning, and Normal Motors and Ram are readying full-size electrical vehicles of their very own for 2024, any Nissan electrical truck is prone to be within the mid-size class or smaller. There may be already a mid-size electrical pickup available on the market within the type of the R1T, although it comes at a hefty value beginning at $73,000.

In line with Automotive Information’ sources, Nissan plans to exit the full-size pickup truck section, doubtlessly as quickly as this 12 months. Nissan’s present possibility within the section, the Titan, managed simply 27,406 gross sales in 2021 and solely 15,063 gross sales in 2022.

Nissan plans 23 electrified fashions throughout the Nissan and Infiniti manufacturers by 2030, of which 15 can be EVs. The primary of the brand new EVs is anticipated in 2025.