Nissan’s GT-R set to return by 2030 as a plug-in hybrid

Nissan GT-R 50 by Ital design on display at Nissan Crossing in Ginza. | Image: Stanislav Kogiku/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Nissan’s next-generation GT-R is expected to launch by the end of the decade, and it’s not going to be a pure EV. The new R36 GT-R that will succeed the aging R35 will have a plug-in hybrid powertrain and launch in three to five years, according to Nissan’s chief planning officer, Ponz Pandikuthira, speaking to The Drive.

Although it sounds like Nissan is already developing the GT-R in-house...