Nissan, one of the top Japanese car makers, has taken a futuristic all-electric mini car to the recently concluded Frankfurt Motor Show as it hopes that it will appeal to the future drivers. The Japanese car maker said that the Mixim, with a hatchback design, rakish styling, and gull-wing doors should attract gamers and other young people who spend more of their time on computers than thinking about cars. The Mixim is also a way to show that electric cars do not have to be boring.

The MIxim has an unusual setting as it has a 3+1 seating arrangement and so this svelte coupe puts the driver right up in the front of a cabin that’s fronted by a wrap-around windscreen, which aims to reflect the shape of a helmet visor. The dashboard and controls are also designed to be familiar to gamers.

Nissan has also equipped this electric car with some of its Nissan parts like its newly-developed “Super Motor” electric generator/motor rated at 82 horsepower to make its performance more appealing to youngsters. One propels the front axle and a second the rear axle, thus making the Mixim an all-wheel drive vehicle.

The automaker’s spokesman said that the Mixim has an “unusually rapid performance” for an electric runabout combined with a usefully extended range. Top speed is given as 180 kilometres an hour (112 miles per hour) and the Nissan can travel for 250 kilometres before its lithium-ion batteries need recharging.

However, the Japanese car maker said that there are no plans as of the moment to put the Mixim into series production model but the development is in-line with Nissan’s desire to make a more sustainable mobile society.

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