LEAF NO ONE BEHIND
Nissan Re-Leaf
£N/A (concept)/ nissan.co.uk
It’s Leaf, Jim, but not as we know it…
Excellent punning. Yep, this really is a Nissan Leaf, but unlike any we’ve ever seen before. It’s been decked out with off-road suspension, ultra-tough tyres and LED lighting to make it look like an emergency response vehicle.
Oh… so it’s not an emergency response vehicle?
Not really, as Nissan says this is just a working prototype, but it does highlight how great battery tech is for disaster management. Designed as a first responder, the Re-Leaf - a pretty excruciating pun in itself - features external 110/230v plug sockets that can power things like jackhammers, medical ventilators and water treatment devices when mains electricity has been knocked out. In fact, Leafs (Leaves?) have been powering stricken homes in Japan since 2011. It’s all thanks to V2G (Vehicle-to-Grid) and V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) tech, allowing you to plug almost anything into the car’s batteries.