{"id":11176,"date":"2018-01-29T17:31:55","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T00:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=11176"},"modified":"2018-01-29T17:41:37","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T00:41:37","slug":"11176","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=11176","title":{"rendered":"Infiniti vehicles to be electric from 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11179\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11179\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11179\" src=\"http:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Infiniti-Q-Concept-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Infiniti-Q-Concept-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Infiniti-Q-Concept-295x200.jpg 295w, https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Infiniti-Q-Concept.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Infiniti Q Inspiration concept. Photo: courtesy Infiniti.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infiniti.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Infiniti Motor Company<\/a> will introduce new vehicles with electrified powertrains from 2021.<\/p>\n<p>According to Nissan chief executive officer Hiroto Saikawa, customers can expect beautifully designed vehicles like the Q Inspiration concept, which made its debut in Detroit at the 2018 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS).<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle was awarded Best Concept Vehicle and Best Designed Interior by EyesOn Design at the 2018 NAIAS.<\/p>\n<p>The Q Inspiration concept explores the future of the mid-size sedan segment with a combination of an innovative VC-Turbo powertrain, next-level autonomous drive technologies and a unique human-centric interior.<\/p>\n<p>The Q Inspiration concept\u2019s exterior will form the basis of the future of the Infiniti\u2019s brand\u2019s sedan design, with a coupe-like roofline and mid-size sedan proportions.<\/p>\n<p>Infiniti\u2019s new vehicles will include a mix of pure electric vehicles (EV) and e-Power vehicles\u2014demonstrating the full range of its low-emission vehicle technology.<\/p>\n<p>Infiniti\u2019s proprietary e-Power technology features a small gasoline engine that charges a high-output battery. This eliminates the need for an external charging source, providing the convenience of re-fueling with petrol, while offering the same driving experience as a pure EV.<\/p>\n<p>Because of this emphasis on low-emission technology, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infiniti.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Infiniti<\/a> expects more than half its global sales to be comprised of electric vehicles by 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Infiniti Motor Company will introduce new vehicles with electrified powertrains from 2021. According to Nissan chief executive officer Hiroto Saikawa, customers can expect beautifully designed vehicles like the Q Inspiration concept, which made its debut in Detroit at the 2018 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). The vehicle was awarded Best Concept Vehicle and<a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=11176\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[102,51,70],"tags":[32],"class_list":["post-11176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electric-vehicles","category-infiniti","category-nissan","tag-slider"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11176"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11180,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11176\/revisions\/11180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}