Nissan has built a real-life ‘Max-Out’ EV concept car, and this is it

Nissan’s family of concept cars first unveiled in November 2021 showcased a triplet of cringeworthy names attached to a trio of very uniquely styled cars. One of those has now transitioned into real life: behold, an actual, physical ‘Max-Out’ concept.

Yeah, we know. But outside of the name, it’s a fascinating look into Nissan’s attempts to bolster its future electric cars with some dynamism and a ‘striking’ aesthetic. Job done on the latter, we’d proffer.

It’s a convertible electric car concept, obviously, which in 2021 was envisioned to have a next-generation “skateboard-like” chassis structure incorporating a dual electric motor setup – one on the front axle, one on the rear – and next-generation solid state batteries. So, yeah, still a way to go.

It also foresaw an advanced version of Nissan’s ‘e-4ORCE’ (all-wheel-drive) and ‘ProPILOT’ (self-driving) technology. Both exist in today’s Nissan line-up of course, the Max-Out accelerating their development.

Nissan promised the Max-Out would be ‘ultra-lightweight’, and that the two-seater would offer a “liberating sense of openness” and “enhanced dynamic driving experience”. That striking bodyshell also promised quite a bit too – that is some silhouette, invoking the spirit of a Seventies concept car, at least to our eyes.

Ditto the interior, which has gone full Tron, complete with a pair of uniquely styled seats and a huge central display screen. Heck, even the ‘steering wheel’ – and we use that phrase lightly – looks like a videogame controller.

We say ‘lightly’ because this concept’s just a static example, on display at the upcoming ‘Nissan Futures’ showcase in Japan. All it needs to do now is make that final transition from static display to actual production car.