The new all-electric car from Nissan will be connected through AT&T’s digital network. Leaf will transmit critical information such as battery charge status and the location of the nearest charging stations. All this information will be piped directly to your car’s in-dash display or remotely through a smartphone app. Although Nissan says Leaf can drive as far as 160 miles on a fully charged battery, easily locating the nearest fillin’ station will take some of the stress out of driving your zero emissions ride.Nissan’s Director of Product Panning for North America, Mark Perry told Earth2Tech in a recent interview that Nissan chose AT&T’s network simply because it uses GSM. It’s the global standard in wireless digital networks is found in all the major automotive markets. So Nissan won’t have to redesign Leaf’s impressive EV-IT system for every continent. If these services are offered in Canada, Nissan will have to develop a relationship with Rogers, the owner of GSM bandwidth in that country.
The EV-IT system includes a powerful in-vehicle electronics system with network connectivity through AT&T. An in-car display will show the driver where the radius of where that car can drive on its current battery charge overlaid onto a map. What’s more this information can be transmitted to a smartphone, so far developed exclusively for iPhone which also uses AT&T’s network. The iPhone app, much like Chevrolet Volt’s Android app, will provide users with basic diagnostic information about your car and can even start, pre-heat or cool the car remotely.
Nissan Leaf goes on sale in December 2010 and will retail for $33,000, making it the lowest priced electric car.
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