{"id":18482,"date":"2022-03-25T12:03:53","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T16:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=18482"},"modified":"2022-03-25T12:03:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T16:03:53","slug":"1135418_2023-nissan-ariya-e-4orce-all-wheel-drive-more-than-traction-tech-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=18482","title":{"rendered":"2023 Nissan Ariya e-4orce will make all-wheel drive about more than traction: Tech preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our first time in the driver\u2019s seat of the 2023 Nissan Ariya<\/a> missed out on the star of the lineup: the company\u2019s dual-motor all-wheel-drive system, augmented by a next-generation chassis system called e-4orce.\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/strong>Although e-4orce is technology for electric vehicles, it draws from tuning expertise from the all-wheel-drive GT-R supercar. With EVs and their faster-reacting propulsion components, e-4orce can modulate and coordinate a complete response of both the dual electric motors and the four individual wheel brakes in tens of milliseconds rather than hundreds of milliseconds.<\/p>\n

The aim isn\u2019t just to provide enhanced traction and stability, but to work the physics at all four wheels to help adjust the attitude of the vehicle to prevent lift during hard acceleration, nosedive during deceleration, and balance while cornering.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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2023 Nissan Ariya – preview drive (Euro spec)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

As I observed in a closed-course preview drive of the Ariya earlier this week, this electric crossover is by no means clumsy in front-wheel-drive form, but it promises to be far more nimble in e-4orce form.<\/p>\n

<\/strong>Due partly to supply-chain hurdles, e-4orce versions of the Ariya will arrive in late fall, versus early fall for front-wheel-drive versions. While Nissan didn\u2019t have a production-spec Ariya e-4orce model to drive, the company brought back a familiar e-Force face\u2014a Leaf demonstrator installed with a version of the system that can be switched on and off.<\/p>\n

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Nissan Leaf e-4orce demonstrator – updated to represent 2023 Ariya e-4orce <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

This demonstrator is the same car we drove in January 2020<\/a>, albeit updated to represent the final-form software used in the Ariya e-4orce.\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/strong>Fundamentally, in this dual-motor \u201cSuper Leaf,\u201d<\/a> the layout is much like what will be featured in the Ariya e-4orce, with dual motors and open differentials at each axle.\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/strong>I hopped in the driver\u2019s seat with a technician to switch the system on and off, and refreshed myself on the idea.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Nissan e-4ORCE electric all-wheel-drive system<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Nissan first had me accelerate and decelerate at city speeds in the B setting, which provides more regenerative braking, to show that the system works subtly at the wheels\u2014even reapportioning brake regen\u2014to help keep the car level even when you\u2019re well short of pushing the limits of tire traction. I performed the exercise once with standard stability control, then with e-4orce, and found the car felt flatter with e-4orce, with the potential to use more regen without upsetting passengers.\u00a0<\/p>\n