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So, I just recently got a 2018 Nissan Altima. For navigation and stuff it uses an SD card. 2019 models and up use a different system. Well, Nissan wants you to buy their SD card for $130 plus the small shipping cost. Well, I kinda just want to find the data somewhere and put it on an SD card I already have. Anyone have any ideas on where to find it on the internet? Some tool someone made or to download it from somewhere? There's copying one but I'd need to have a Nissan SD card first do to that. Any ideas or suggestion would be nice. Or if you find it cuz I've been looking.

Summary Nissan has partnered with the shoe brand New Balance to create a "drivable shoe". While it's debatable if the car's processor will have a sole, you shouldn't stick your tongue out at it. The combination of new balance 327s and the Nissan kicks will be displayed Aeon Mall in Tokyo. Can't paste images on mobile Sources https://hypebeast.com/2023/1/new-balance-nissan-327-edition

My previous daily driver is still probably my favorite car. A 1994 Infiniti Q45 I affectionately named "Precious". Precious is powered by an all aluminum, dual overhead cam 4.5L V8 engine rated for 278hp and 292ft.lbs of torque. Precious is very picky about the fuel she will burn, so I had to run Chevron 94 octane which has no ethanol. I would have much preferred to buy my fuel from the Co-op, but their fuel has ethanol. My commute is 125km, round trip. So with errands and the other little stops of life, that puts me well into 3000km a month. Precious, on a good day would net around 13.5L/100km, couple that with premium fuel and I was looking at a fuel bill of around $600/month. Being an Infiniti, parts for upkeep are not cheap, I only use premium consumables and OEM parts, so my total monthly operating cost before insurance was around $800/month. One day I went into my local Nissan dealership, Abbotsford Nissan, to get oil filters for Precious and our Maxima as both use the same filter, 15208-55Y0A. I had been following the Nissan Leaf with some curiosity and decided to have a closer look at one while I was there. After sitting in the car, getting a bit of a demo, I went home. I started running the numbers, using rough estimates based off internet experiences with the Leaf and figured the monthly operating cost for the Leaf would be somewhere under $600 a month. The issue was range, especially as the car would age and battery degradation would become a problem. So I asked my employer if they would let me put in a charging station(EVSE- Electric Vehicle Service Equipment), which is really just a massively overpriced extension cord as the charger is in the car itself. When my employer said yes, I went and bought the car. I didn't test drive it, so I was rather nervous the first time I drove my 2015 Leaf SV. The first couple weeks with the car I was watching energy consumption closely, figuring out how far I could push the range if I needed to. In the third week I realized that with having charging on both ends of my commute there was no need to hold up traffic so I started to drive it like a normal car. For the most part, driving the Leaf resembles driving an automatic. There are three mode selections, R, D and B. R is reverse, pretty self explanatory. D is drive, also pretty self explanatory. B is battery mode, which enables full regenerative braking when the throttle is released and without the brake pedal being depressed. This makes it possible to drive with just the throttle for the majority of my commute save for the places where I need to come to a complete stop or traffic conditions dictate I need more braking force. In R, D or B, from a dead stop, releasing the brakes will cause the car to creep in the selected direction behaving very much like an automatic transmission would. Passing is where things get a little bit different, though not by much. The first time I decided to pass someone I followed the same procedure I would with precious. First I verify it's safe to pass, then I commit to the maneuver, depress the throttle completely and shoulder check for safety. With precious, the transmission needs time to downshift, the engine needs time to build RPM and by the time I'm done shoulder checking I'm starting to accelerate. The Leaf responds immediately to throttle input, so when I fully depressed the throttle and started to shoulder check, the Leaf jumped forward. It actually scared me a bit because I had to abandon my passing maneuver and get on the brakes so I wouldn't rear end the person in front of me. The Leaf doesn't need much, if any run-up for passing, which actually agitates traffic a bit because they think I'm tailgating when in reality I'm ready to pass. I've since gone back to using a bit of a run up to try and prevent people from accelerating during the passing maneuver to stop me from getting back in the lane In terms of driver fatigue, the Leaf has the least driver fatigue of any vehicle I've driven. Even though precious is a luxury sedan, the Leaf is quieter, smoother and doesn't need the attention precious does. The seats are quite comfortable, the interior design is decent although it does show that the Leaf is without question a previous generation of interior design. From a technology standpoint, mine is the SV model, so it has navigation, bluetooth hands-free, heated steering wheel, heated seats and a few other of the goodies we've become accustomed to. My iPhone 5s paired to the car without issue other than the hands free text messaging doesn't work. I can use siri through bluetooth for that, so not a big loss. The navigation system is passable but the voice recognition is terrible. During one drive where I knew mostly where I was going, but needed some direction to the exact location, it took 20 minutes of a 25 minute drive to get the navigation to understand the street number. Terrible. Exterior design, well, I bought it as an appliance. My sales person, the sales manager and the finance manager were all trying to convince me that it is a good looking car. It isn't. It's ugly, to a degree that puts it in a class of its own. After owning it for a year the design has grown on me, but it's still ugly. I understand the engineering reasons behind having the headlights protrude out of the body like like two angry zits, but it's still ugly! The operating costs ended up coming in better than I expected even with me driving the car hard and being well below the normal energy average for most EV drivers. Most EV drivers are in the 6.2km/kWh area, I never manage more than 5.2km/kWh. Since owning the Leaf, it has given me the ability to visualize a kWh like I have never been able to before. My employer won't let me pay for the electricity I use at work, so I only have to pay for one half of my commute, which works out to $30-40/month in electricity. It's worth noting though, that here in BC I never pay more than $0.12/kWh. In some areas, high electricity rates and the lower price of fuel now will have a major effect on the economics of owning electric. A quick and interesting comparison: My wifes maxima gets about 9.5L/100, converting the energy of gasoline to kWh, that works out to around 85kWh/100km. The Leaf works out to around 19kWh/100km, with charging losses. Proving that electricity is far more efficient for producing rotational force. I was in a collision, two actually, both not my fault. This is where the Leaf starts to become an issue. The Leaf is one of the worst depreciating vehicles on the market, this means that having a claim on the car has eliminated its miniscule resale value. I have to eat that loss in value, meaning I can't trade it in against the next generation Leaf when it is released. The insurance company(family insurance, my collision coverage) doesn't care about accelerated depreciation and while I could try to sue ICBC for the accelerated depreciation, it would cost me more than I would get back. I also was refused the loss of use coverage I paid for because my dog comes to work with me. Rental companies don't want dogs in their cars, something I understand as I have allergies. I suggested that they pay for permits on one of my other vehicles that my dog is allowed to ride in, I was denied. I was told that bringing my dog to work is a choice, when it's not a choice. They also refused to cover my fuel costs, as my entire budget is based around the EV. So I went a month without work because I couldn't get wheels. When my Leaf was finished, the right side bearing was shot so I was bringing the car back to the body shop to show them it needed to be replaced, someone turned left across a painted island, right in front of me, collision number two. Now with $20,000ish of damage, it has no resale value, Nissan won't even look at it for a trade in. However I must commend my bodyshop, Fix Auto Abbotsford West, who went out of their way to get me into a car. They have one company Leaf that was a managers car at another location. They took the Leaf away from him, waived the no-pet requirement and provided me with a car to get to and from work. I've put 3500km on their Leaf so far. So the end to that last little story is this, if you're going to buy an electric car in BC, avoid family insurance at all cost. They will not write the car off unless the damage exceeds 100% of the retail value of the car, even in the first year. ICBC will write it off at 50% of the retail value in the first year. When I re insured the car, I went all ICBC, with lower deductibles and my payments went down by $10/month. The other issue is that Family Insurance has very poor customer service, they're difficult to get in contact with as a customer. I've had to eat around $3000 in lost wages so that was the first and last time I'll ever use third party insurance. So in 35,000km of Leaf experience, I've come to love the Leaf and I wouldn't entertain the idea of owning anything else for my daily commute. If I need to go anywhere further away than the Leaf can take me, it gives me an excuse to drive precious.

As you may figured it is a promotional project to showcase their "Intelligent Parking Assistent" as they outline in their making off video linked below. Given the size of the sensors and PCB I am curious if they might be able to fit it in a self parking vacuum robot which would then be capable of running completely autonomous ( starting at given time, after the job is done going back in the closet).

What do you guys think about the worlds first Megacar thats called Koenigsegg One:1 ?

Might as well get this out of the way at the start of the thread. The ZEOD-RC (and DeltaWing Coupe for that matter) both look very similar to a certain phallic shape everyone is thinking about. We all know. Get over it. (I'd like to think of it more as a rocket ship anyways) The long awaited DeltaWing successor, the ZEOD-RC (Zero Emissions On Demand Race Car) has finally debuted, this time at Fuji Speedway in Japan, piggy-backing on the Japanese round of the FIA World Endurance Championship. The car was originally intended for use at the annual Le Mans 24 hours race and as such won't make a competitive appearance until mid-2014. Nissan has developed the ZEOD-RC with knowledge / experience gained from their previous DeltaWing program (LMS, ALMS) and their electric Nissan Leaf-RC racers; I wouldn't find it surprising to see Nissan making the leap into LMP1 like they've openly stated in the past (to join Toyota and Porsche in taking down the Goliath that is Audi Quattro GmbH). Until then, Nissam / Nismo will have to compete as an unclassified car against the established classes of competitors: LMP1 (Manufacturer-Factory teams), LMP2 (cost-capped, spec racers), GT1 and GT2 (regular GT endurance class cars) Nismo, the team responsible for the program, will put Michael Krumm (former GT1 champion) at the wheel of this amazing vehicle, along with Lucus Ordonez (Gran Turismo Academy Graduate). The Circuit de la Sarthe, home to the annual Le Mans 24 hours race, measures 13.6 kilometres (8.5 miles) in length and comprises of 38 turns. With 85% of the track consisting of public roads most of the year, the track conditions vary greatly and there are countless imperfections in the racing surface (the track was repaved in certain sections not that long ago). The ZEOD-RC can theoretically reach speeds in excess of 300 kmph (186 mph) in full electric mode, with the internal combustion engine being used only to recharge the on-board batteries alongside the use of regenerative braking. The engine itself is a 1.6L turbocharged four cylinder, similar to the one found in the Nissan Juke Nismo and by extension, the previous DeltaWing. The regenerative braking system is capable of producing enough energy for the full electric lap once every 11 laps. After presenting the car to Nismo, fans, and various other partners, Darren Cox (Nissan Global Motorsports Director) had the following to say: "The reaction from the fans has been amazing - especially the young fans... seeing the reaction from the young fans is a key reason why we are doing this." I can't cover this car any better than Nismo themselves, so here ya go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixvrHwYSnmI&feature=youtu.be And in case any of you are wondering about the technical details of the DeltaWing / ZEOD-RC, again; best to let the guys who built it fill you in: Make no mistake, bringing hybrid technology to the world of motorsport is no easy task. It's an enormous mountain to conquer and depending on how many resources are put into it, may or may not even yield tangible results. Sure, both diesel and gasoline based programs have looked into their respective electric counterparts, but it hasn't progressed from that point for years. Just now we are starting to see higher efficiency powertrains, in addition to hydrogen and full electric systems becoming readily available to select teams. All in all, motorsports is going places in terms of technology and ultimately the manufactures that support motorsports are going to trickle these technologies downwards to the benefit of the consumers. NOTE: I really hope the ZEOD-RC does better than the DeltaWing next year. I mean, how hard is it to ask teams to play nice with each other and not shunt one's car into a wall? Step up your game, FIA. Below are some pictures of the ZEOD-RC. ^ Why so many buttons? Because racecar. (Can you guess which button does what?) Videos of Interest: An extra video for those who watched the 2012 race with the original DeltaWing. Tears will be shed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jDLm-4D5UlE In case you're wondering, here's how the DeltaWing Coupe looks in all it's phallic glory. (It's not a looker) Miscellaneous Readings: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_Hours_of_Le_Mans Source: http://releases.jalopnik.com/nissan-zeod-rc-hits-the-track-at-fuji-1449354492 TL:DR - ZEOD-RC is awesome and +1 Nissan.

It's finally here. Among the many, highly anticipated cars to be released in the last dozen years (especially with all the leaks of a "mysterious GTR" floating around the internet lately). And at first glance, it does the last NISMO Spec Skyline proud (that being the Group-A derived BNR32 of course). So, what does this final-edition R35 packing before we wave goodbye to it? Well for one, it's bloody fast. Faster than the previous Black Edition R35s. The car keeps the 3.8L V6 twin-turbo engine, but now upgraded for a 595-horsepower (up from 545 hp) and 480 ft-lb of torque (to keep you guys happy, that's 650 Nm). NISMO also put the R35 on a diet of 143 lb (~65 kg) which is astounding, seeing as how Nissan engineers have stated that a lighter GTR doesn't necessarily amount to better performance, given their AWD system and software algorithms. Various performance bits have been added, mainly from the GTR GT3 Race Car; items including turbos, ECU tuning, intake / exhaust, chassis stiffening, suspension, aero, etc.). The NISMO aero pieces (pictured above) are claimed to produce downforce in excess of 220 lbs (~100 kg) at 186 mph (~298 kph). Fun fact: the suspension modes found in the normal GTR R35 (if it could ever be called 'normal') have been re-tuned and renamed Track, Race, and Race plus (from Comfort, Normal, and R respectively). The Nissan GTR (R35) NISMO has set a confirmed lap time of 7 minutes, 8 seconds at the Nurburgring Nordshleiffe as at September 30, 2013. For reference, that is a full 10 seconds faster than the 2014 Nissan GTR (R35) Black Edition and 11 seconds behind the Porsche 918 Spyder (hybrid supercar that lapped the same track in 6 minutes, 57 seconds). With the R36 right around the corner, it'll be interesting to see how it stacks up against the NISMO and what pieces of wizardry make the transition into the next model. The GTR (R35) NISMO is believed to come in at less than $200,000. As the baby of NISMO itself, it's understandable that it goes on sale first overseas: sales start in February 2014 for Japan, with sales in North America starting within 12 months of that date. More details to come at the LA Auto Show and Tokyo Motor Show. Thoughts? A part of me wishes they revised the aero package a bit more. That hood is way too bland and the SpecV exhausts... I would have preferred the split quad pipes but hey, titanium racing exhausts aren't cheap and they worked on the SpecV / GT3 so why change it? If I was to get my hands on one of these (still hoping) I'd make a quick swap with the Mine's Type II hood and Mine's Ti exhausts. Liking everything else on the car though; those subtle red accents on black trim just make the car... pop. In a good way. Do want. UPDATE: The official 'Ring on-board video with driver commentary is now live. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ_LPKXRGZ0 UPDATE: Nissan displays another GTR NISMO at the LA Auto Show. http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/77628-2015-nissan-gt-r-nismo-this-is-it/?p=1077035 Photo Credit: Jalopnik Sources: http://www.carscoops.com/2013/11/new-nissan-gt-r-nismo-leaked-gets-595hp.html http://www.autoblog.com/2013/11/18/2015-nissan-gt-r-nismo-595-hp-leaked/

From this: To this: Nissan's at it again. Although this may not please everybody in the aesthetics department, you have to look beyond that before you can appreciate it as more than just a collection of parts. First off, it shares a lot of design elements with various other cars; it may be just a concept now, but it clearly pays homage to the iconic McLaren F1 in terms of the 3-seater layout; the glass / open cockpit partially links back to the KTM Xbow (after safety homologation rules made cockpit protection mandatory). But the biggest, most important detail of the BladeGlider is in it's powertrain. I mean comeon, this is Nissan we're talking about! If you've been following them for the last few weeks, you can probably predict what I'm about to tell you. Nissan's latest few vehicle announcements have all been related to releasing electrically assisted and full-electric power systems; with the recent announcement that the next generation GT-R (R36) being a gas-electric hybrid (aimed at performance, not efficiency), one can pretty much assume this to be a trend moving forward. The BladeGlider is no exception, featuring an electric powertrain derived from uplines such as the ZEOD-RC that will race in next year's Le Mans 24 hours and the current Leaf NISMO RC. Electric Vehicles are the way to go. No statements regarding performance have been made to date. For those who are wondering why Nissan is pursuing a triangle-ish vehicle layout, I can finally offer a quick and decent explanation. It's simple really: by redistributing various bits and pieces, the DeltaWing concept is able to achieve equal or better performance as a traditional layout car, with the advantage of being more efficient aerodynamically. By centering the occupants and drivetrain in the mid / rear-mid section, you create a car that is very stable in corners with a very low CoG (Center of Gravity). Also, buy creating a wider rear track and having reinforced suspension that distributes more G-force and load (through larger surface area), you create a vehicle that handles very stiffly and with very little roll. This also increases rear stability and shifts the car to a more natural oversteer state, which is easier to control and modulate compared to one that naturally wants to understeer. By using a smaller from track, it permits the use of smaller front tires thereby increasing efficiency and sharpening cornering angles. The aerodynamics of a wing shaped body permit it to glide through the air very efficiently, thus enabling a relatively high top speed and quick bursts of acceleration (even quicker given the benefits of electric motors). The way that Nissan and it's engineers distribute load is fascinating given the level of performance and stability they're able to achieve (it may look funny and wrong at the same time, but clearly it works). In short, think of it as a Caterham SuperLight style chassis with the suspension similar to that patented in Koenigsegg's Triplex system, and an EV powertrain. Only, the DeltaWing / ZEOD-RC carries one passenger and the BladeRunner can carry three. And is street legal. I've mentioned it before, but whether you like it or not, electric motorsports is a reality. With Formula-E coming very soon and electric racecars making headlines, it's exciting to think of the benefits that would trickle down to the consumer level (just think of what would happen if Tesla Motors partnered with one of these private teams). If you're still skeptical of how well an electric race car would perform, a wonderful team that goes by the name of Drayson (UK members rejoice) is here to prove you wrong. Meet the Lola / Drayson B12/69EV; essentially a Lola Prototype chassis (that has recorded wins in the past) that has been converted into a full electric car with staggering levels of performance, owned and run by none other than Lord Drayson. Currently the fastest electric race car in the world under 1,000 Kg in weight, topping out at 205 MPH. Approximately 850 HP from it's electric motors, 0-60 mph in 3.0s and 0-100 mph in just over 5.1s. For more information: (http://www.draysonracingtechnologies.com/projects/B12/project_article_B12.html) I can't explain the Drayson B12/69EV better than Lord Drayson himself and Chris Harris so here: Thoughts?

Yes people: GRAN TURISMO 6! If you win this contest in virtual life, you will be able do drive on a real racetrack Silverstone in England Sony Entertainment i Polyphony Digital made this contest in 2008 with nissan. They will rate your mental and physical abillity and other things if you win in virtual part of contest. You can get the contest application in play store. The demo of GranTurismo 6 that i think comes with contest app is avalible in play store from second to 30th of july These are the places in which you can compete: UK GERMANY RUSSIA FRANCE ITALY SPAIN PORTUGAL BELGIUM NETHERLANDS LUXEMBURG DENMARK SWEDEN FINLAND NORWAY CZECH REPUBLIC HUNGARY SLOVAKIA AND OFCOURSE THERE ISNT SERBIA, BOSNIA OR CROATIA. BECAUSE AUTHORS WERE SO SUCKY SO THEY COULDNT INCLUDE US Every region will have their winner and they will compete for the ultimate prize :) some vids here :): this will probably go on television live in those regions above :) :O Enjoy!

Some people have a serious issue with using their smartphone to text and check social media while they are on the go... If you are one of those people, Nissan has a proposal in their Juke crossover vehicles that they think will help. From an article on Tech Spot: http://www.techspot.com/news/69172-nissan-using-180-year-old-tech-stop-smartphones.html While this is a simple and cheap solution (assuming you put your phone in the box), the biggest downside that I see, is I've yet to see a car manufacturer provide a good, tight integration between the cars infortainment system and a smartphone. This also relies on people remembering to place their phone into the compartment and plugging it in when they get in the car.