ED: And let’s hope it stays a concept.

The Nis­san Mixim

The Nis­san Maxim is a full elec­tric vehi­cle with a 1+2 seat­ing setup, ‘unique’ styling and is crammed with com­put­ing hard­ware, inter­net access and all man­ner of gad­getry, prob­a­bly aimed at those of the “geek” cul­ture. The car has two elec­tric motors in each axle, and runs with a com­pact lithium-​​ion bat­tery pack.

I say blame Renault. Elec­tric just got uglier.

With shiny din­ner plates for wheels and an over-​​sized Nis­san badge, it looks like a Honda Insight mashed into the new GTR’s roofline, with an almost Micra-​​esque front, which then had an ille­git­i­mate rela­tion­ship with the Toy­ota Sera to get the front flip­ping near body length gullwings.

The tri­an­gu­lar vents on the side just heighten the hideous­ness of this 80’s Star­glider inspired abor­tion, and that mid­dle seat arrange­ment looks like Darth Vader’s egg met with the cheap seat depart­ment of IKEA in a hor­ren­dous acci­dent — and I can’t imag­ine Darth dri­ving that. Does Nis­san want to dis­suade peo­ple from buy­ing electric?