Latest teaser for two thousand eighteen Nissan Leaf shows ProPilot Assist self-driving capability
Latest teaser for two thousand eighteen Nissan Leaf shows ProPilot Assist self-driving capability
Nissan has begun to release a slow trickle of information about the two thousand eighteen Leaf electrified car, but the latest teaser has nothing to do with its zero-emission powertrain.
Instead, Nissan has exposed the two thousand eighteen Leaf will arrive with ProPilot Assist, the automaker’s driver-assistance technology.
The system is capable of assisting drivers in stop-and-go traffic and can control acceleration, braking, and steering during “single-lane driving” on highways.
Albeit the system is a light application of autonomous driving technologies, Nissan plans to use ProPilot Assist as the foundation for future endeavors.
The brand says ProPilot Assist will add greater self-driving capabilities in the future with enlargening levels of autonomy.
For example, Nissan says the system will eventually be able to navigate city intersections.
Teaser for two thousand eighteen Nissan Leaf debuting in 2017
The system itself is merely one portion of the brand’s Nissan Intelligent Mobility structure, which aims to convert the idea of driving and how cars are integrated into society at large.
Nissan previously showcased another teaser pic of the two thousand eighteen Leaf and showcased off its acute fresh headlights.
Along with the previous teaser, Nissan said extra “informational briefs” will come via the summer.
The two thousand eighteen Nissan Leaf, again a five-door hatchback, will ultimately be exposed sometime later this year.
The fresh Leaf faces stiffer competition than it did when it was launched in December two thousand ten as the world’s very first affordable, modern battery-electric vehicle built in volume.
Now, the Chevrolet Bolt EV has been on the market for six months already and offers a remarkable 238-mile EPA range rating.
Section of two thousand eighteen Nissan Leaf spy shot [pic via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien, as used on Motor Authority]
It’s also priced in a relatively affordable bracket—it starts at $37,500, which means an effective price of $30,000 after federal income-tax credits are applied, even before any state incentives kick in on top of that.
The Hyundai Ioniq Electrical has also arrived to capture a lump of the electric-vehicle market.
It’s priced lower, but the Ioniq Electrified’s range is rated at one hundred twenty four miles. (The two thousand seventeen VW Golf, incidentally, gets a rating of one hundred twenty five miles.)
The current Nissan Leaf manages one hundred seven miles of range, however Nissan aims to boost that figure substantially in the next-generation Leaf.
The carmaker hasn’t yet released any specifications, however it demonstrated a 60-kilowatt-hour battery in a test car almost two years ago.
That’s the same size as the Bolt EV’s battery pack.