Nissan to Revive Pixo as Electric Vehicle

Nissan is rumoured to be reviving the Pixo, a petrol-powered vehicle previously marketed in the UK as an affordable option in 2009, as an electric car.

According to a report from Arena EV on Thursday (10/9), the Japanese automaker will utilise existing resources within its alliance to revive the Puju rather than designing it from scratch. The new Nissan Pixo will serve as a technical twin to the Renault Twingo E-Tech and will be produced on the same assembly line at the Renault plant in Novo Mesto, Slovenia.

Early prototypes of the car captured on camera show the new Pixo as a compact, upright vehicle similar to the Renault Twingo, but with a front end featuring Nissan’s signature styling, including playful-looking circular daytime running lights.

According to internal company sources, the vehicle’s design inspiration comes from Nissan’s late 1980s models, such as the Figaro, Be-1, and Pao, which featured retro aesthetics.

Designed to support urban mobility, the car will be equipped with a single front-mounted electric motor. This motor, capable of producing 60 kW of power and 175 Nm of torque, will be powered by a 27.5 kWh lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery.

The Pixo supports 50 kW DC fast charging, allowing the battery to charge from 10 per cent to 80 per cent in approximately 30 minutes. Using a standard 6.6 kW AC charger, a full charge from empty will take about four hours and 15 minutes, while an 11 kW AC charger can reduce the charging time to approximately two hours and 35 minutes.

Nissan is expected to sell the Pixo at a price below 20,000 euros (approximately Rp400 million) before taxes and European regional incentives. The effort to revive the Pixo is seen as part of Nissan’s strategy to introduce more affordable small electric vehicles to the European market, where competition is intensifying due to the arrival of Chinese car brands.