What Do You Think, Will Nissan’s Future Look as Low-Poly as This Concept?

• Nissan previews electric Hyper Urban Concept, just ahead of its debut at Japan Mobility Show later in October.

• The electric crossover will demonstrate Nissan's evolving design language, as well as a range of technologies including V2H.

• Nissan plans to reveal a number of concepts at the show this month, starting October 26, all with "Hyper" in the name.

There's almost no such thing as a concept car that's too wild for the Tokyo Motor Show—or, rather, the Japan Mobility Show as it is now known—so Nissan's latest EV concept is surprisingly plausible.

Dubbed the Hyper Urban Concept, slated to be unveiled later this month alongside others with Hyper in their names, the electric crossover trades the automaker's softer lines for faceted surfaces while giving the world a preview of its thinking when it comes to future EVs.

Viewed purely in profile, the angular concept still resembles the Ariya even if its doors open in a scissor-like fashion, revealing an interior awash in triangular shapes. Coupled with bright green hues, these low-poly surfaces inevitably invite comparisons to cars from 30-year-old computer games. This goes for the wheels as well, which feature a triangular hub.

Nissan calls this "a sleek and modern aesthetic," and we can't disagree, having seen a number of concepts fashioned in a similar way.

There is a method to Nissan's madness. The automaker says that the concept's interior design was inspired by kaleidoscopes—easy enough to believe. And despite surfaces that appear hard, the interior can transform into a lounge with the front seats folded flat.

More than simply previewing exterior design themes, the Hyper Urban concept anticipates something functional as well: a vehicle-to-home (V2H) function designed to provide power from an EV battery back to the home or even back to the grid.

And there's a yoke steering wheel, of course, to comply with modern concept car requirements. Unlike Tesla and Toyota, Nissan hasn't made a sudden push for this feature in its production cars, at least not yet.

It's worth noting that Infiniti did experiment with a steer-by-wire systems in production cars coupled with a round steering wheel, so perhaps the yoke is yet to come.

Speaking of taking things too literally, perhaps it's best to treat the Hyper Urban concept as a design exercise for the moment, not least due to the fact that the Nissan Ariya arriving on store shelves departs greatly from this aesthetic. We're at least a product cycle away from something along these lines.

However, with the next-gen Leaf set to become a coupe-style crossover, the Hyper Urban Concept could be telling us what to expect of that model.

Should Nissan embrace this design aesthetic with its next-gen Leaf? Let us know in the comments below.