2011 Nissan Esflow Concept Review

It can be a concept, but Nissan ESFLOW electric sports car proves that it is possible to be environmentally friendly without sacrificing the joy of driving.

It looks like a sports car that handles like a sports car and behaves like one too. Nissan Concept ESFLOW but is different from all other sports is not built yet: It is electric. Thanks to the pioneering technology in the award-winning Nissan LEAF, EV-concept shows that driving can still be tomorrow as much fun as it is today.

 

Nissan has a reputation for creating some of the sports car the most interesting on the market. Nissan has also developed the first practical world of zero-emission car of the family, the LEAF.

Now, Nissan has developed the experience together. Has given rise to tensions in a sports car and the environmental benefits of electric cars, and mix in a dramatic two-seater concept ESFLOW.

Nissan Concept ESFLOW was created from the beginning pure electric car, will give an idea of ​​how the zero emissions sports car of the future might look like. Living green is often seen as making a rigorous - and save the environmentally conscious, sacrifices must be made. ESFLOW is here to address the wrong one.

 

Owning a smart car, should not be to the detriment of driving pleasure. The slightest glance at the Nissan ESFLOW concept is enough to tell you what kind of car it is: a long hood leading to a wraparound windshield, steeply raked, cab compact Bang placing residents in the center of the car of gravity, the curved arches plus ultra low profile tires wrapped around the six-spoke wheels. ESFLOW is definitely a sports car, and those who know how to recognize his legacy - hints of classic and modern sports cars from Nissan abound.

 

Basically, not a ESFLOW existing ice (internal combustion engine) powered vehicle, adapted to run on electricity, but a sports car that was designed from the ground up as a zero-emission vehicle. This means that Nissan avant-garde designers have free rein to the position of the propulsion system and batteries in the optimum position for the benefit of the car handling and performance and improve the driving experience.

 

Car

ESFLOW Nissan concept is based on existing technology, the implementation of innovative ways. A beautiful head turn, the composite body comprises an aluminum chassis, incorporating its own cage. The drive power train, which uses the same technology installed in the Nissan LEAF, is ready to deliver a sporty driving experience.

 

Powertrain

Rear wheel drive Nissan Concept ESFLOW and it runs on two engines. Graceful proportions of the car, the two electric motors to be placed on the axis of the rear wheels in a position amidships. These motors to independently control the left and right wheels, and torque is optimized to ensure vehicle stability and control and effective power of regeneration. The engines produce enough torque for a moment that can reach 100kph in under 5 seconds.

 

Power to the motors from the same packages of laminated lithium-ion used in the sheet, but ESFLOW packages are along the axis of the front and rear wheels. This centralizes the mass of the car, and therefore its pivot point, near the hips of the driver. These batteries can be cleverly positioned the car to move over 240 km on one charge.

 

Frame

An aluminum chassis is built around the drive train takes full advantage of the opportunities Zero Emission electric propulsion provides. Feeder cells are integrated so that they have force ESFLOW and insurance, not to distract from them. Unlike a conventional fuel tank, batteries do not become easier because they provide energy, so the weight distribution of the car remains constant throughout the disc.

 

The high waistline, provided by Nissan classical proportions ESFLOW Concept sports car bows are strong but discreet integrated into the structure behind the car seats to take entire charge of the vehicle rollover, negating the need for emergency , thick, reinforced pillars and blind spots, they invariably create.

 

This is almost an unobstructed view forward is not aware of fighter pilots, and just like the pilots talk about "on the back wheels of their cars," we hope ESFLOW owners also feel the machine to expand his body reacts to the slightest whim. The driver is in the middle of a sports car, both physically and metaphorically.

Body

Nissan concept car is probably ESFLOW attractive. Crisp, clean lines, not only convey the purity of its sporting potential, but suggest that the clarity of electricity. The color palette chosen for the concept car was inspired by the glaciers - highly reflective liquid solidified with blue highlights in his shadow. Like his predecessors and contemporaries ZEV concept of lighting equipment and emblem ESFLOW partner Nissan are tinged with cool blue. The six-spoke wheels carbon inserts containing blue, while the same material that adorns the side sills, roof-mounted spoiler and rear lower bumper.

Underline the futuristic blue LED lights cut into the body as well as front and back. When the headlights Leaf Nissan protrusive are used to control the flow of air around the side mirrors, this is not required as the concept of ESFLOW Nissan mirrors have been replaced by camera-minute cancellation at the base of the pillars. ESFLOW headlights do not protect the secret of his own, however: a reversible charging points built for the air ducts below.

 

Furniture

Organic minimalism does not mean sacrificing luxury. The cabin of Nissan Concept ESFLOW is clean and open and weight gain has been a priority throughout the design, but still a comfortable and pleasant place to sit. By far the heaviest internal components of modern cars are steel-framed, thick and more padded seats motor. In ESFLOW seats are carved in the wall back of the car, negating the need for strong bones. This course means they are immobile, but this is irrelevant since management fly-by-wire and electrically adjustable pedals the best place to suit the size of each driver and prefer the driving position .

The seats themselves are upholstered in gold leather and gold suede leather perforated when the doors are upholstered in dark blue leather and suede. The blue and gold pattern, color, sparks, and continue through the dashboard, which is also decorated with silver carbon trim, and comprises four multi-function backlit LCD screens.

Pilot

 

Daniel, owner ESFLOW, works in technology, but life on the weekend. On Friday night after work, he gets behind the wheel of his ESFLOW that instantly links to your handheld PDA and provides the quickest route to the home of her friend. Find on-street parking is a synchronization as compact Nissan Concept ESFLOW can fit in tighter spaces. Saturday, it led to a popular club to showcase his skills DJ and his friends are impressed with its EV sports car cool.

Last Sunday, she drives through the mountains, free. ESFLOW excellent weight distribution and a clear view forward allows him to effortlessly nail every suggestion, every time. His descent from the mountain is more relaxed, and let ESFLOW be passed through a long sweeping curves, making the potential energy of the car and had to go back to the gradient can use electricity when it hits the streets of Barcelona.

As the energy sips ESFLOW the garage, Daniel is preparing for a week in advance, the batteries fully charged.