News "There is no doorknob!" Nissan "Leaf" unveiled for the first time! I love the futuristic round headlights! What is a unique custom car?

Leaf without a doorknob?

　Nissan "Leaf" is an electric vehicle (EV) that Nissan is developing globally. It features a stylish design, but at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2022, a custom car with round headlights was unveiled. [Image] Introducing a near-future retro leaf without a doorknob! What are the specifications? (18 sheets)

The round eyes are cute! Nissan "Leaf", but there is no doorknob on the door! how do i open it

At the Tokyo Auto Salon 2022, the retro leaf custom car "NATS NGR-concept" was exhibited by Nippon Automobile College (NATS), an automobile vocational school in Chiba Prefecture. The NGR-concept is "a vehicle created by imagining a retro custom for the young people of the 2040s, the EV generation. Based on the Leaf, it uses distinctive lights and retro wheels to create a sense of the near future." Concept made. The exterior has a stylish and retro look with original aero parts created from scratch by NATS students, round headlights, and Rotiform wheels. . A NATS faculty member explains the NATS NGR-concept as follows. "I was surprised by the structure of the electric car (the flat floor panel and the lightly made door), but I struggled to proceed with the customization.In addition, the electric car has a near-future body line and pop-up opening and closing. It's one that incorporates a mechanism."　This car, which took about eight months to produce, will be exhibited at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2022 in its completed state, but the doorknobs that are supposed to be attached to conventional cars are missing. . Another NATS faculty member explained the mechanism as follows. "This car intentionally has no doorknobs to give it a futuristic impression. Viewed from the side, the doorknobs can be an obstacle in terms of design, so we removed the doorknobs to make it look stylish. About opening and closing the doors It is electric and can be operated by remote control.This is like a custom that is used in American cars.” * * * * NGR-concept, which is a near-future retro custom of the Leaf, which can be said to be the pioneer of EV. . It seems that it can be said that it is one unique to the Tokyo Auto Salon, which is a custom car festival.

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