POWER TO THE PEOPLE(some text hidden)

By Jonathan Crouch

Ten Second Review word count: 41

Nissan's Qashqai e-POWER offers a rather different stepping stone from combustion power to EV motoring. It's an interesting confection, always an EV yet also always petrol-powered. Who needs a hybrid? Here, we look at the re-engineered updated version of this model.

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Nissan calls the Qashqai e-POWER 'an electric car that you can fill up with petrol'. That sounds like a contradiction in terms doesn't it, but this powertrain really is difficult to classify. It can't be plugged in, but unlike a full-Hybrid, the engine never directly drives the wheels, its role instead being to power a front-mounted motor. Nissan calls this 'a bridging technology' that'll help transition customers to the full-EVs they'll have to live with in the future. And this powertrain will be key to the brand in achieving its targeted 50% electrification sales mix by 2030. The Qashqai e-POWER first arrived in 2022 and continued with the facelifted version of this current Qashqai introduced in Spring 2024. Late Summer 2025 saw a re-engineering of the e-POWER package, creating the car we're going to look at here.