Nissan iV Concept

Posted on 11.19.2010 08:00
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Nissan | concept cars | Los Angeles Auto Show | green cars | Cars | Car Reviews | Nissan Described as a super-lightweight sports tourer that showcases organic synthesis, the Nissan iV is an innovative zero-emissions vehicle that fits into Nissan?s vision of seeing a world where green energy infrastructures have matured and become their own self-sustaining system.As Nissan?s official entry into the LA Design Challenge, the iV is the offspring of both nature?s intelligent beauty and the minds and hands of human ingenuity. Contrary to how cars are currently built, the iV?s parts are cultivated similar to how it’s done today in agriculture using a sustainable, carbon-neutral process.Nissan is keeping line with the requirements of this year?s LA Design Challenge ? an emphasis on building lightweight vehicles while minimizing the consumption of our planet?s resources ? building the iV Concept using an interwoven organic frame with the chassis material ? a fast-growing ivy and re-enforced with spider silk composite - being synthetically grown and formed to turn into a piece of strong yet extremely lightweight aerodynamic body. The vehicle?s interior, which seats four people, is made from photovoltaic material that remarkably weighs 99% less than standard glass.The iV Concept also has a slim bio-battery that provides the car with tremendous stability and driving range that works through a regenerative super-capacitor technology, recouping as much as 60% of kinetic energy used by the vehicle.Nissan also outfitted the iV Concept with state-of-the-art safety features, including the brand?s Safety Shield program that prevents collisions from happening and greatly reduces the weight of the vehicle by taking out a number of parts standard in today?s cars, including bumpers, airbags, and even beams.Using the age-old adage that ?less is more? Nissan?s iV concept is the perfect example of a vehicle that inspires a future where cars are known less for their gas-guzzling ways but more for their unbridled efficiency, both in aesthetics and in performance.Press Release after the jump. Nissan iV Concept originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 19 November 2010 08:00 EST. read more

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