Transport, especially in our cities, is not what it used to be. Last week we heard how Jaguar Land Rover have a broader vision and this week David Brown talks to Nissan about how their electric leaf could change our perspective.
In some European countries Nissan’s electric Leaf can be used as a portable battery source to run your house or perhaps out on the farm.
In Australia this is not yet approved but Nissan are working on it.
Could this lead to a significant refocusing of where the car will fit into our general life style? We asked Stephen Lester the general manager of Nissan Australia
I think without question. And you bring up a really good point in how that paradigm is shifting in terms of the individual’s relationship to power and mobility is as a consequence of that and whether it’s metro or rural. There are a wide variety of applications in which that VTG or vehicle to grid technology can be used and leverage to the benefit of the consumer.
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