It’s easy to forget that Nissan was a genuine pioneer in two of the biggest vehicle technology sectors of our day: electric cars and advanced driver assist systems (ADAS). The company had one of the first affordable, mass-produced EVs in the original Leaf way back in 2011. It also had one of the earliest and most widely available auto-steering assist systems with the first ProPilot Assist system in 2016. However, other companies ended up leap-frogging Nissan, and then some, in both EV and automated driving tech.
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