As its best-selling model, the Rogue has been a massively important vehicle for Nissan. Even so, the automaker hasn’t kept pace with the segment, leaving the Rogue as one of the few choices without an available hybrid, but that’s changing. Nissan recently confirmed that it would introduce two new electrified Rogue models in the next two years along its way to offering 34 electrified models by 2031.
Ponz Pandikuthira, Nissan Americas’ Chief Planning Officer, told Automotive News that the company would send a plug-in hybrid Rogue to dealers late in 2025 and noted that a series-hybrid SUV would arrive in early 2027 alongside a redesigned gas model. The hybrid is already available in Europe and Japan, where Pandikuthira said, “fuel economy is very good; driveability is excellent.”
As Automotive News noted, Nissan is the largest automaker with no mild- or plug-in hybrid vehicles on sale in the United States, dragging down Rogue sales at a crucial time for the company. That said, the automaker is taking a cautious approach as the presidential election nears.
Pandikuthira cautioned, “If the next administration decides to take away the IRA benefit (up to $7,500 for some electric and PHEV models) on plug-in hybrids, that changes the economic equation and we then have to look at alternatives. Nobody is going to be able to bring a PHEV into the market that’s affordable anymore – that $7,500 is going to make a lot of difference.”
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