This 1987 Nissan Sunny pickup gets a heart transplant from a Leaf EV:
The truck, modified by South Carolina–based Tommy Pike Customs, uses a 40-kWh lithium-ion battery from a base Leaf S, paired with the single motor that's good for 147 horsepower and 236 pound-feet of torque. That may not sound like a lot, but the Sunny is a small vehicle, and it has approximately twice as much power and three times as much torque as the car's original gas engine produced.
Nissan doesn't say where the electric motor is mounted on the Sunny, but we hope it powers the rear wheels. The electrified pickup apparently retains the original manual transmission too, although Nissan doesn't explain exactly how that works. It also receives the front suspension from a first-generation
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