The Nissan Pivo is a series of electric

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, with the first one introduced in 2005 at the Tokyo Motor Show.

Pivo 1

The Pivo is a

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, first introduced at the 2005 Tokyo Motor Show. The car is essentially a 360 degree rotating three-seater cabin on a chassis of 4 wheels, eliminates the need for reversing and makes parking easier. The Pivo is powered by a

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battery. The car's futuristic design incorporates large doors for easy access to the cabin and large windscreens and windows for high visibility. As well as the fully rotational cabin, the Pivo features Nissan's ''Around View Monitor'' system. This reduces blind spots (areas of the road which cannot be seen from the driver's position) by displaying the outside surroundings on screens mounted on the inside of the car's

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s, located on either side of the windshield. File:Nissan Pivo 2005 TMS 2.jpg, Original 2005 Nissan Pivo at the Tokyo Motor Show File:Nissan Pivo 2005 TMS 3.jpg, Side view with open door File:Nissan Pivo.jpg, A 2005 Pivo at the

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. File:Nissan Pivo (open).jpg, The concept car with open doors. File:Nissan Pivo inner.jpg, The car's interior. File:Nissan Pivo rotating2.jpg, The center section of the car rotating.

Pivo 2

An updated version of the concept, designated Pivo 2 was unveiled in 2007. The wheels have been moved to rotating pods that allow the car to drive in any direction. Along with the rotating cabin, this allows the car to pull up next to a parking space, and instead of conventional parallel parking, the wheels and cab simply rotate 90°, and the car drives in sideways. The rotating cab also now has only one door (the front of the cab itself), allowing passengers to exit or enter from any direction desired. The car also has an inbuilt robot companion. File:NISSAN PIVO 2.jpg, Nissan Pivo 2 File:Nissan Pivo 2, Genève '08.jpg, Rear view File:2007 Nissan Pivo2 01.jpg, View of the center section of the Pivo 2 while its rotating File:Tokyo Motor Show 2007 - DSC 6794 - Flickr - Nguyen Vu Hung (vuhung).jpg, Pivo 2 with the door open

Pivo 3

The updated Pivo 3 concept was unveiled at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show. The concept has one seat in the front and two in the back. The Pivo 3 features Nissan's Automated Valet Parking (AVP), which allows the car to park itself and recharge itself while parked, at specially-equipped parking lots. Also the system can find a parking space, physically park the car or remember where they parked their car. The Pivo 3 can be remotely maneuvered with a

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. File:Nissan - Pivo3 Concept - Mondial de l'Automobile de Paris 2012 - 304.jpg, Nissan Pivo 3 at the

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File:Nissan - Pivo 3 - Mondial de l'Automobile de Paris 2012 - 201.jpg, Rear view File:Nissan - Pivo3 Concept - Mondial de l'Automobile de Paris 2012 - 303.jpg, View with the door open

References

External links

Pivo 2 Nissan Official Website

Pivo 2 2007 Tokyo Auto Show Preview

Nissan Pivo Info @ ConceptCarz.com
{{nissan Pivo Electric concept cars

Pivo 1

Pivo 2

Pivo 3

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