DHAKA: Nissan said on Friday it would unveil a sporty concept electric vehicle at the Tokyo Motor Show as Japan’s number-two automaker presses on with its bid to tap the burgeoning green-car market.

The company, which has been selling its Leaf electric vehicle since late 2010, said it hoped its Nissan BladeGlider would help it reach a market of male drivers who still want performance and styling in an environmentally friendly car, a major hurdle to widespread commercial sales.

The car, to be unveiled at the biennial Tokyo exhibition later this month, features an aerodynamic design that widens from the front to back with space for a driver in the middle and two passengers in the rear.

The design, one metre in the front and 1.89 metres at the back and made with lightweight carbon fibres, puts the vehicle’s centre of mass on the rear tires to allow for tighter turns, Nissan said, reports The Straits Times.

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