This document discusses Nissan's strategic technology fields of trusted driving pleasure, life on board, dynamic performance, safety, environment, and quality/cost. It focuses on safety technologies including their "Safety Shield" approach which provides measures to help drivers avoid dangers from risks that have not appeared yet to post-crash situations. It also details dynamic performance technologies such as active trace control, 4-wheel active steer, and new frequency-responsive shock absorbers to improve handling, braking, ride comfort, and noise/vibration/harshness.

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Four Strategic Technology Fields
Nissan Group’s Core Technology Values：
Trusted Driving Pleasure
Life on Board
Dynamic Performance
Safety
Environment
Quality/Cost

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Four Strategic Technology Fields
Nissan Group’s Core Technology Values：
Trusted Driving Pleasure
Life on Board
Dynamic Performance
Safety
Environment
Quality/Cost

4. “SAFETY SHIELD” ～the vehicle that helps protect
people～
Risk has not yet appeared
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This approach provides various measures to help the driver and
passengers better avoid dangers in ways that are optimized to
each of a wide range of circumstances that the vehicle may be
in, from “risk has not yet appeared” to “post-crash.”
RRIISSKK
Crash may occur
Crash is unavoidable
Crash/Post Crash
Risk has appeared

5. “SAFETY SHIELD” ～the vehicle that helps protect
people～
Risk has not yet appeared
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This approach provides various measures to help the driver and
passengers better avoid dangers in ways that are optimized to
each of a wide range of circumstances that the vehicle may be
in, from “risk has not yet appeared” to “post-crash.”
RRIISSKK
Crash may occur
Crash is unavoidable
Crash/Post Crash
Risk has appeared
Blind Spot Intervention

6. ＢＳＩ (Blind Spot Intervention)
BSI helps the driver when changing lanes by providing information
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and assistance to help avoid a vehicle in the blind spot.
1) BSI issues an audible and visible warning upon activation of turn signal when a vehicle
is in the blind spot.
2) When the vehicle approaches the adjacent lane, BSI issues an audible and visible
warning and in addition, helps the driver to maneuver the vehicle back into the original
driving lane by generating a yaw moment.

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Four Strategic Technology Fields
Nissan Group’s Core Technology Values：
Trusted Driving Pleasure
Life on Board
Dynamic Performance
Safety
Environment
Quality/Cost
Acceleration
Handling
Brake
Riding comfrot
NVH

8. Dynamic Performance concept
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‘‘Anyone, AAnnyyttiimmee,, AAnnyywwhheerree’’

9. Typical Dynamic Performance scenes
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At the moment of closing
the door
When the engine starts
When Pulling out of the
garage or driveway
When Driving on city road
around 30km/h(20mph)
Driving at high-speed on
highway
Highway driving under
wet or rainy conditions
Accelerating from a
standing start
When climbing an uphill
When Turning at city junctions
When driving on country
roads including rainy
condition
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10. Dynamic Performance ： Technologies
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High Quality When Pulling Away Exhilarating Acceleration
Secure Feel at High Speed Feeling of Car and Driver “As one”
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Dynamic Cornering
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Enhancement
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11. Dynamic Cornering Enhancement
Dynamic Cornering Enhancement provides
easy and secure driving based on ESP and VDC.
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EUR) Dynamic Cornering Enhancement
US) Active Stability Assist
EUR) Dynamic Cornering Enhancement
US) Active Stability Assist
Active Trace Control
Brake Force Distribution
Rise-up Build-up
Test drive

12. Active Trace Control
Active Trace Control applies brake to each wheel, and
controls engine torque depending on steering input.
Smoothness and enhanced controllability of vehicle behavior
Smoothness of steering, brake and acceleration operation
Comments from Active Trace Control test drives
“ Feeling like car’s sweet spot has widened. ”
“ I feel like my driving skills were improved. ”
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ON OFF
200
100
0
-100
-200
2 4 6 8 10 12
time [s]
steer angle [deg]
Steer Angle
OFF
ON
Active Trace Control

14. 4 Wheel Active Steer
4 Wheel Active Steer continues to evolve helping to provide
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Test drive
• Improved straight line stability with less sway feeling
• Improved cornering with quick and linear response
for anyone to feel “Composure and Exhilaration.”
Evolutions from Infiniti G37
To help improve the response,
so that anyone can get driving-pleasure at anytime
To add the Sports mode,
so that anyone can select a suitable mode for the driving scene

15. By adopting high performance actuators and ECU,
more delicate control is achieved resulting in motion
just as the driver intended with a harmonized feel.
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System Configuration
Rear Actuator
High-accuracy sensor
Main ECU
High-performance
32bit microprocessor
Front Actuator
High-accuracy
sensor
High-response
motor
Difference in motion
: 4WAS(Sports-mode)
Time
Time
Yaw
Rate
Acceleration
Lateral
: 4WAS(Standard-mode)
: Conv.(2WS)
Response UP
Response UP
4 Wheel Active Steer

16. New Shock Absorber (Frequency Responsive)
The double-piston structure reduces high-frequency
vibrations from the road.
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Function and Structure
Additional channels reduce damping force needed
to counter high-frequency road input.
Advanced
Conventional channel
Main valve
Extra channels help
reduce high-frequency
vibrations
Conventional
Main valve
Conventional channel
Reduction of high frequency vibration
World’s first

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