The Popular Nissan Rogue Will Be a Plug-In Hybrid SUV Soon
The Rogue is jumping into the PHEV fight against competitors from Toyota and Hyundai.
The Nissan Rogue SUV is arguably one of the automaker’s MVPs when it comes to sales. The Rogue continues to be an excellent choice for SUV buyers. There’s a reason why its ranked #1 in the compact SUV segment of our buyer’s guide. However, one of our gripes with the 2025 model is that there was no Hybrid option available. It now looks like that’s going to change soon, however.
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During the 2025 Nissan Murano reveal event, the automaker confirmed that a PHEV Rogue is coming to the U.S. market in 2025 as a 2026 model. Details are light at this time, but we believe it could be the same system currently found in the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, since the two vehicles are platform twins. Nissan hasn’t specifically confirmed this theory, but it makes good business sense.
We know what it's not: Nissan's E-Power series hybrid system already on-sale in Europe and Japan. That's not coming until the 2026 calendar year. Why is Nissan waiting to bring it to the U.S.? It turns out that the E-Power system is more expensive than the traditional parallel hybrid setup. It’s also not as efficient in highway driving as a parallel hybrid. Since American drivers spend a lot of time commuting on highways, the E-Power system wasn’t ready for our market yet. However, Nissan says it's working those issues out.
The automaker says the goal for its PHEV systems in the future is 70 miles of all-electric range, however the 2026 Nissan Rogue PHEV likely won’t achieve that. Expect the Rogue PHEV’s range to be somewhere between 30 and 40 miles to line up with its competitors like the Toyota RAV4 Prime or the Hyundai Tucson PHEV. Nissan’s recent forays into electrification haven’t been great, but since we’re fans of consumer choice here, we’ll be watching the development of the Rogue PHEV closely.
Andrew Beckford’s passion for cars started as a middle schooler when his friend Richie explained how an internal combustion engine works. He was bitten by the bug and the rest, as they say, is history. He dug deep into the tuner scene and eventually wrote for Turbo Magazine, Import Tuner, Super Street. He covered car shows, feature builds, and reviewed racing games for those magazines in addition to covering motorsports including Formula Drift, Indy Car, and F1 for his personal blog. Eventually Beckford joined MotorTrend to cover the daily automotive news beat. Besides being a gearhead, Beckford has been a gamer since the ’80s and is a huge fan of the arcade racing games of the ’90s like Daytona USA, SEGA Rally, and Ridge Racer. Beckford’s a movie buff as well, especially comic book films from DC and Marvel. When car culture crosses over with gaming and entertainment, rest assured Beckford is aware of it. In addition to serving as a consultant on a “triple A” racing titles, he’s reviewed major racing games such as Forza Motorsport, Need for Speed, Gran Turismo, F1, and more. He’s also interviewed blockbuster directors including Steven Caple Jr. (Transformers: Rise of the Beasts) and Neill Blomkamp (Gran Turismo). His biggest profile to date was with Robert Downey Jr. on his love affair with cars and his show Downey’s Dream Cars on MAX. Beckford’s profile of Downey Jr. was the first print cover story written by an African American in MotorTrend’s history. Along with KJ Jones, Andrew Beckford also heads up MotorTrend’s celebration of Black History Month by spotlighting diverse voices in the automotive industry and motorsports. Beckford’s first car was a 1982 Nissan Stanza affectionately named “Stanley” by his late mother.
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