Everything connected in Nissan’s e-mobility vision
In a two-minute video, the company illustrates how technical development could affect the lifestyle of city residents. It reveals a world in which vehicles are constantly online, driving around without generating emissions and, of course, autonomously – in some cases even without a driver or a passenger.
The image drawn by Nissan contains vehicles (electrical ones, of course) which after having services during the day, autonomously seek their place to park overnight – not without having previously charged their batteries. Towards this end, they are autonomously seeking parking spots equipped for wireless charging. There, they fill up their energy storage, and having done so they clear the valuable charging-enabled parking spots, making space for the next exhausted e-car. They drive on and park somewhere else, ready to be summoned by their next user.
The story could end here, but Nissan’s vision goes beyond the simple process of charging and parking autonomously. It includes a vehicle-to-grid scenario, in which the vehicle (now with its batteries fully charged) connects to the power grid and acts as energy buffer in moments when the sources for renewable energies like sun and wind are weak. They transfer some of their electric charge to neighbourhood storage units, assembled by used batteries from electric cars. Such neighbourhood storage units already exist; along with partner company Eaton, Nissan recently demonstrated their operation during the world climate conference in Paris.
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