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Ever wanted to control your car with your mind?  Well, vehicles like the Nissan Altima may soon be able of reading your mind.

 

Nissan has joined forces with École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) to research "Brain Machine Interface" (BMI) concepts. The idea allows disabled people to maneuver wheelchairs by thought transference. Nissan hopes to convert this project for use in cars, so that disabled drivers (and able bodied ones) can drive telepathically.

 

"The Nissan and EPFL collaboration is developing systems that go to the next stage using statistical analysis to predict a diver's intentions and to…

Do you consider yourself an extreme athlete? Well, listen up.  If you don't already know Nissan builds the perfect vehicle for you.  Yes, no matter if you ski, snowboard, kiteboard, rock climb, or whatever else you do we've got the vehicle for you.   It's the 2012 redesigned Nissan Xterra.

This vehicle is built especially for the niche of extreme outdoorsy folk.  And, we at Royal Nissan are excited to announce that the 2012 model will soon be on our showroom floors at 9325 Airline Highway Baton Rouge, LA 70815.

The 2012 Nissan Xterra has undergone a redesign…

An all new Nissan Leaf is headed to Ireland, taking part in the next generation of street racing.

 

The classic Cannonball Run is headed overseas, and is running a combination of gasoline vehicles along with some alternative fuel alternatives.

 

Cannonball Run is no longer a dangerous coast-to-coast car race like it was in the 1970's. These day's, the Run is a charity event, with sponsors and the opportunity to "raise money for Barretstown Camp, which caters to children with cancer and other serious illnesses."¹

 

The EV Leaf is sponsored by ESB Ecars in Ireland this year. ESB…

From contributing man power and funds to Habitat to Humanity to aiding relief efforts following natural disasters to volunteering to help repair domestic abuse shelters... Nissan is committed to assisting people and organizations in need. Nissan Americas, in fact, even has its very own dedicated Corporate Social Responsibility department. And, they've just appointed a new Senior Manager, Vicki Smith.

p>As head of the Corporate Social Responsibility, Nissan Americas, Smith will lead all of the organization's giving and community outreach efforts. For those of you who are maybe less familiar with Nissan's philanthropic initiatives, most of these…

The Nissan LEAF EV that was released to the market earlier this year has become popular among consumers.  To date over ten thousand units have been sold.  Nissan doesn't plan on stopping there.  They've already developed and launched a new Blackberry and Android app to assist LEAF owners.

The new Nissan LEAF app offers users the convenience of checking their battery level, an up-to-date snapshot of estimated driving range,  the ability to control the EV's climate, and even activate charging - anywhere, anytime.  This is a bit more advanced than having an app for your driver manual or…

The Nissan LEAF isn't even available nationwide yet.  And, already it's won a suit of different awards and accolades. The most recent of which, is a five-star overall safety rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). What's makes this an even bigger deal than the fact that five-stars represent a perfect rating is the fact that Nissan LEAF is the first  pure EV to ever have its crash protection system evaluated by the federal government. Talk about setting the stakes high!

Among the many safety features, contributing to the Nissan LEAF's award-winning safety are…

The Nissan LEAF has been widely accepted by customers.  It has also been named the greenest vehicle on the market.  However, Nissan is now pushing the "green" boundaries even more.  Their goal is to reduce the LEAF's draw on the grid by utilizing solar power and to mitigate battery waste.

To accomplish this Nissan is working steadfast to create a new solar-powered system. The system, currently utilizes the 488 solar cells situated on the roof of the automaker's headquarters in Yokohama, Japan. In a recent demonstration, Nissan placed four LEAF batteries into a box in lowest-level of the…

Nissan was planning on producing the popular electric LEAF in the U.S. starting as early as December 2012.  Manufacturing of the vehicles battery was to start in the U.S. in September 2012.  Although this is a significant amount of time from now the March 11 earthquake that devastated areas of Japan affected Nissan more than anyone originally thought.

"On March 11 every operation stopped, so all the resources that were in place [to begin manufacturing the LEAF in the U.S.] were used to restore Japan," shares Hideaki Watanabe, Head, Global Zero Emission Vehicle Business Unit, Nissan. "All…

Nissan has reached an unprecedented milestone and has built its one-millionth Frontier pickup.   We at Royal Nissan are excited to announce that the one millionth Frontier was built right here in the U.S. at Nissans manufacturing facility in Smyrna, TN.

We would like to honor this milestone by sharing a little bit of the Frontier's dynamic history, from being the States' first mainstream small truck to its wild success today. In 1933, Nissan took control of DAT Motor Car Co. and subsequently developed the Datsun automobile marquee to distinguish a new, smaller car model from the larger existing…