FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
15 July 1999
LATEST NISSAN SEES IN THE FOG
Cars that automatically keep their distance from other vehicles on the road ahead are now a reality. Nissan will be the first to include an Adaptive Cruise Control system (ACC) on the launch of a new model in Japan. The technology provides a long awaited solution to driving safely in fog.
Nissan's ACC system controls the acceleration and braking of the car to maintain a set distance from the car immediately ahead. It measures the road distance using radar sensors that are accurate to within one millimetre.
The Nissan system is ideally suited to motorway driving. It can operate in all light and weather conditions and can calculate distances accounting for bends in the road.
The driver predetermines safe speed and distance parameters and can override the ACC system at any time.
How ACC works: when closing on the vehicle ahead in the same lane, the ACC system will gradually decelerate the car until it is at a safe stopping distance and travelling at a steady speed. If the vehicle ahead brakes suddenly or another vehicle cuts in front from another lane the ACC system slows the car down and issues a brake warning to the driver. When the lane ahead is clear the car will accelerate to the driver's predetermined speed.
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Adaptive Cruise Control is one of the advanced technologies at the heart of Nissan's Intelligent Transport Systems strategy. The company is also investigating technologies that will lead to advances in navigation systems, electronic toll collection, optimal traffic management and integration with public transport.
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EDITORS' NOTE:
Adaptive Cruise Control will feature on the new Nissan Cima - Japan's first car to incorporate the technology.
For more information please contact:
Stewart McKee Manager, Corporate Affairs 01923 899930
e-mail stewart.mckee@nissan.co.uk
Frank Shepherd Assistant, Corporate Affairs 01923 899935
e-mail frank.shepherd@nissan.co.uk
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