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Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Nissan’s Two Future Offerings
This week Nissan has revealed two exciting products -- the first one is their highly innovative small van concept which was unveiled at the Nissan Design Europe (NDE).
The new van concept is called the NV200 and is scheduled to make its world debut at the Tokyo Motor Show this coming October. The most noticeable feature of the NV200 is the storage pod which extends from the van’s load area when the vehicle is parked. Once empty the pod is converted into a mobile office.
NV200 was a joint project of Nissan Design Center in Japan and NDE located in Paddington, London. Surprisingly, the team that worked on the NV200 didn’t have any pre-conceived ideas on the form of the new van fortunately despite such lack in design they have been able to come up with an entirely practical new concept.
Shiro Nakamura, Senior Vice President and Chief Creative Officer at Nissan Motor Co., Ltd said "A light commercial vehicle has a specific job to perform, but that’s no reason to design a purely rational vehicle with no warmth. For NV200, function becomes the aesthetic. Our concept is a highly efficient tool but one with a human touch."
The NV200 according to Nissan will answer the specific needs of professional underwater photographer which means that this new van is an amphibious vehicle.
The other new product that I’ve failed to mention in the introduction is Nissan’s Preventive Drink-Driving Technology. This new technology makes use of an on-board breathalyzer system that disables the ignition when a high level of alcohol is detected from the driver’s breath.
Nissan is still in the process of testing this new technology to see the reliability, functionality, and practicality of the new technology applied to daily operating vehicles.
The Japanese automaker said that it use the test results to further its research and development in preventive drink-driving technology. It can be noted that last June, Nissan has announced that it will incorporate a message alert against drunk-driving into the CARWINGS navigation system. Aside from Nissan, Saab and Volvo are in the process of developing their very own breathalyzer devices.
The new van concept is called the NV200 and is scheduled to make its world debut at the Tokyo Motor Show this coming October. The most noticeable feature of the NV200 is the storage pod which extends from the van’s load area when the vehicle is parked. Once empty the pod is converted into a mobile office.
NV200 was a joint project of Nissan Design Center in Japan and NDE located in Paddington, London. Surprisingly, the team that worked on the NV200 didn’t have any pre-conceived ideas on the form of the new van fortunately despite such lack in design they have been able to come up with an entirely practical new concept.
Shiro Nakamura, Senior Vice President and Chief Creative Officer at Nissan Motor Co., Ltd said "A light commercial vehicle has a specific job to perform, but that’s no reason to design a purely rational vehicle with no warmth. For NV200, function becomes the aesthetic. Our concept is a highly efficient tool but one with a human touch."
The NV200 according to Nissan will answer the specific needs of professional underwater photographer which means that this new van is an amphibious vehicle.
The other new product that I’ve failed to mention in the introduction is Nissan’s Preventive Drink-Driving Technology. This new technology makes use of an on-board breathalyzer system that disables the ignition when a high level of alcohol is detected from the driver’s breath.
Nissan is still in the process of testing this new technology to see the reliability, functionality, and practicality of the new technology applied to daily operating vehicles.
The Japanese automaker said that it use the test results to further its research and development in preventive drink-driving technology. It can be noted that last June, Nissan has announced that it will incorporate a message alert against drunk-driving into the CARWINGS navigation system. Aside from Nissan, Saab and Volvo are in the process of developing their very own breathalyzer devices.
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