This Nissan car projects your excitement on the road, and its super cool

To commemorate the 5th anniversary of the 100% electric vehicle (EV) Nissan LEAF, Nissan did something super cool. It made a movie featuring a special EV version of the Nissan LEAF that projects the driver’s experience and thoughts behind the wheel onto the road.

This film, titled ‘THE ELECTRIC CARtoon! IN A DRIVING SCHOOL AT NIGHT’, features young drivers experiencing EVs for the first time.

The car used in this project features a driver’s headset that reads and analyzes brainwaves produced while driving. The brainwaves of 30 men and women were measured while driving the Nissan LEAF in various situations.

There are 33 visual patterns used to express the drivers’ various states of mind. Driver brainwaves and projected animations are automatically matched, and visualizations are in a cartoon-style with speech and thought bubbles.

In brain science, alpha waves are emitted when the brain relaxes and concentrates, while beta waves are produced when the brain feels tension or is excited. In this project, alpha waves were defined as brainwaves emitted when the brain is in a comfortable state and beta waves as those when the brain is in an excited state.

As a result, about half of those taking part emitted beta waves when starting the EVs and more than 90% emitted a significant quantity of alpha waves when turning road corners. In this experiment, we confirmed that those taking part were in ‘a comfortable state’ or ‘an excited state’ while they were driving EVs.

The cool thing here is that their reactions, thoughts and feelings are reflected in real-time word animations projected around the on-road Nissan LEAF. The fun experienced by the driver is conveyed in visuals, so even those outside the car can share the excitement.

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