Several years ago, Infiniti announced that it was working on a luxury all-electric sedan based on the Nissan Leaf, but there were no much information since then. A recent report confirms that the automaker is still working on such a vehicle, but it is just waiting for inductive charging technology to be introduced around the world.

The new Infiniti compact-sized sedan will be based on the same platform and running gear as the Nissan Leaf, bu it will have a completely different exterior and interior from the Nissan hatchback and it will be used to showcase induction technology, which does away with charging cables.

Previewed in the 2012 Infiniti LE Concept, the all-electric sedan would be far more dramatically styled than the Leaf, with more aggressive, flowing lines. The interior too would be more luxurious and less esoteric than that in the Leaf, to suit typically more conservative luxury buyers.

But for Infiniti, inductive charging would be the car’s most important feature.

“The whole concept of not having to couple up cables to a plug socket, dragging them on the ground and on you as you go, is in keeping with luxury motoring,” Infiniti boss Andy Palmer said.

“It is this technology we want to shine a light on, so while there is no world standard on methods, the roll-out will be dependent on region,” Palmer added.

The company wants all automakers to develop their inductive technology on an open-source basis, to make sure vehicles are compatible with all systems–and one expects, to reduce development costs.

It’s still unknown when the new electric sedan will debut. It was planned for 2015 release, but if the company is waiting on inductive charging to really take off, who knows when it can be launched.

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