On a rainy, dark day, the digital mirror provides a brighter, clearer, all-seeing view.
Quiet: The Ariya accelerates with silent ease, an other-worldly sensation heightened only by the activation of Nissan’s e-Pedal function, which ratchets up brake regeneration.
Engineers achieved this with sound- absorbing tires, carpeting, glass and wheel arches.
An eight-pole electrically excited synchronous motor ditches the use of permanent magnets, which cuts motor noise by more than half compared with the Nissan Leaf EV.
Smart packaging: The Ariya is shorter and squatter than the hot-selling Nissan Rogue crossover. But it has a longer wheelbase, more cabin space and a tighter turning radius.
That’s made possible, in part, by compacting the motor, inverter, air conditioning and charging setup into a motor bay of the size used in standard Japanese minicars.
By saving room up front, Nissan made the cabin bigger and delivered more turning angle for the front tires, even the 20-inch options.
