Nissan has ended plans for the Rogue Plug-In Hybrid and is shifting its North American strategy toward traditional hybrid powertrains. The decision follows the reveal of the 2027 Rogue Hybrid, which introduces Nissan’s e-Power self-charging hybrid system to the U.S. market.

Nissan Americas chairman Christian Meunier told Auto News that production of the Rogue Plug-In Hybrid has stopped. The model had been announced in late 2025 and was based on the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV.

Rogue Plug-In Hybrid production ends

Nissan commissioned 3,000 examples of the plug-in hybrid for the U.S. market but has sold only half of that volume, according to Meunier. The company expects to sell the remaining vehicles by the end of the year.

Meunier characterized plug-in hybrids as no longer being a strategic model for Nissan in the United States, describing the Rogue PHEV as a bridge to the company’s e-Power technology. Nissan’s decision comes as the source reports that the U.S. plug-in hybrid market has sharply contracted following changes to federal electric-vehicle incentives.

Nissan had been slower than automakers such as Toyota and Hyundai to expand its hybrid offerings. The 2027 Rogue Hybrid is intended to address that gap, with the model marking the first U.S. application of Nissan’s e-Power system after years of availability in international markets.

Rogue Hybrid brings e-Power to the U.S.

The Rogue’s system pairs a 1.5-liter turbocharged three-cylinder engine with a 1.67-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery and two electric motors. The engine operates as a generator, while the system produces 225 horsepower.

Nissan plans to begin building the Rogue Hybrid in the United States in 2028. Around the same time, the automaker is expected to introduce an e-Power hybrid version of the Kicks.

Hybrids targeted as Nissan’s primary powertrain

Nissan expects hybrid vehicles to become its primary powertrain in North America and Latin America by 2030. The company plans to extend its small-capacity e-Power system to several models while also developing a hybrid V6.

The new V6 is tipped to debut in the revived Xterra, which was confirmed earlier this year. The Xterra is set to compete with the Ford Bronco and will use a body-on-frame platform. That architecture is also expected to underpin four other new-generation trucks built in the United States.