Nissan Pivo 2 - The Future IS here! (Posted & compiled by Rique Seraphico). Come on RV, I want one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (R. Seraphico) Video Link: https://facebook/video.php?v=696870927040382&set=vb.432496396811171&type=2&theater Link 2: nissan-global/EN/PIVO2/ How the Nissan Pivo Works Link: auto.howstuffworks/nissan-pivo.htm In 2005, Japans Nissan Motor Co. unveiled a most unusual-looking concept car at the Tokyo Motor Show. Appearing to be part robot, part octopus and part fishbowl, the Pivo defied categorization. The first Pivo, a fully electric battery car, turned many heads while being environmentally friendly. When Nissan followed up two years later with the Pivo 2, people gawked at the technological innovations as they eventually found themselves wondering, can your car actually be your friend? Both cars wowed the auto world with high-tech advances. Pivo mated a rotating, pod-like cockpit with an electric battery-powered chassis. Nissan engineers skipped the bulky mechanical linkages found on most modern cars in favor of video game-inspired by-wire controls that save space and weight. Pivos high-tech components lay swaddled beneath fluid bodywork and its three-person interior enveloped occupants like trendy lounge chairs. The goal was to create an inviting and eco-friendly vehicle for dense urban environments. If you happened to actually get your hands on the steering wheel of a Pivo -- you cant, by the way; theyre not for sale and arent currently planned for production -- you could change directions by simply pivoting the cabin. Nissan considered this a vital aspect of the cars design, since its name is a play on the word pivot. Imagine: No more clumsy three-point turns. Actually, you can say goodbye to three-point turns altogether, since the rotating cockpit eliminates the need to shift into reverse. No more nervous U-turns -- the kind that make you wonder if youll scrape the far curb. You can finally say sayonara to parallel parking panic attacks, since you could drive the 2.7 meter (9 feet) long Pivo sideways into the tiniest of curbside openings. With the Pivo 2, Nissan developers took innovation to another level, incorporating elements of artificial intelligence into the design with an on-board, robotic buddy that aids the driver. Masato Inoue, one of the Pivos lead designers, said on Nissans website that his teams goal was to change the very definition of what a car is. For now, heres a peek at the Pivo and the possible future of automotive technology. Print Citation & Date Feedback
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