Tag: nissan
Review: Nissan LEAF e+ from £35,000
Chris Price travels down to Southampton on Clean Air Day to check out Nissan's latest electric vehicle, the £35,000 LEAF e+ It's perhaps a sign of the growing maturity of the electric vehicle (EV) market that at first glance there's little to distinguish between the latest Nissan LEAF e+, pictured above, and a conventional fuel…
Nissan launches ProPILOT driver assistance technology on Qashqai
Nissan has launched its ProPILOT drive-assistance technology, which helps maintain the car’s lane position and distance from the vehicle in front, across its Qashqai line-up. On Qashqai N-Connecta grades, ProPILOT is a £595 option – the same price as on the Nissan LEAF. The system is standard on both Tekna and Tekna+ grades. On Tekna+…
Nissan unveils zero-emissions ice cream van
Nissan is promising to take the ICE (internal combustion engine) out of ice cream with its all-electric, zero-emission concept for ‘Clean Air Day’ in the UK today (June 20th). Most ice cream vans, particularly older models, have diesel engines which are kept running to operate the refrigeration equipment. But with some UK towns and cities…
Nissan and NTT Docoo trial Invisible-to-Visible technology using 5G
Car manufacturer Nissan and Japan's service provider NTT DOCOMO, INC. are putting Nissan’s Invisible-to-Visible technology through its paces in a moving vehicle, using DOCOMO’s 5G mobile communications connectivity. The technology, first revealed at the CES trade show in Las Vegas in January, is being tested at Grandrive, Nissan’s proving ground in Yokosuka, Japan. Invisible-to-Visible, or I2V,…
Nissan Energy and OPUS unveil camping concept with electric car batteries
Nissan Energy and OPUS Campers have collaborated on a smart camping concept that uses second-life Nissan electric vehicle batteries to deliver up to a week’s worth of remote power for ‘off-grid’ adventures. Due to be unveiled at the Caravan, Camping and Motorhome Show at The NEC, Birmingham, UK from 19-24 February 2019, the Nissan x OPUS…
CES 2019: The year when smart vehicle technology took centre stage
Martyn Landi/PA Car and other vehicle concepts are transforming CES from a traditional gadget convention into something much more diverse, writes Martyn Landi... The technology on display at CES increasingly involves cars and other vehicles, with the gadget show becoming more diverse in the products showcased as a result. Some vehicle…
New Nissan LEAF 3.ZERO e+ Limited Edition offers range up to 239 miles on single charge
Nissan has launched two new versions of its LEAF electric vehicle, offering higher output, more choice and a longer range. The LEAF 3.ZERO – priced from £31,095 including the £3,500 UK Government Plug-in Car Grant – features a 40 kWh battery. New body colours and two-tone colour combinations will complete the choices. Customers can place…
Nissan unveils Invisible-to-Visible ‘connected car’ concept at CES
At the upcoming CES Trade Show in Las Vegas, Nissan will unveil its future vision for a vehicle that helps drivers “see the invisible” by merging both real and virtual worlds to create a connected-car experience. Invisible-to-Visible, or I2V, is a future technology created through Nissan Intelligent Mobility. It claims to support drivers by merging…
Two thirds of drivers forget where they have parked, claims Nissan survey
Nearly two thirds of UK drivers (65.1%) – or around 21.4 million motorists – have forgotten where they parked their car with multi-storey car parks being the place where they are mostly likely to lose them. According to the survey of 2,000 motorists carried out by Nissan, one in three (33.75%) said they do so…
Podcasts and streamed music replacing radio in car, Nissan survey shows
Millions of Brits are now shunning the radio on their commute – in favour of podcasts and playlists. Researchers who carried out a survey of 2,000 UK motorists on behalf of Nissan found one in six now prefer opting for pre-recorded podcasts, downloaded playlists or streamed music from their phones. Five years ago, this was the case…