While the autonomous car arms race is going on and major car companies and tech firms battle it out to see who can get the most advanced self-driving technology to market the soonest, Nissan is kicking it up a notch with its growing Nissan Intelligent Mobility technology suite. Nissan is working on ways to use the original supercomputer in autonomous car technology—the human brain.
You may have heard of Vehicle-to-Vehicle or V2V technology, but Nissan calls this new tech Brain-to-Vehicle or B2V technology. It’s a driving system that interprets signals from the driver’s brain to “make the drive even more exciting and enjoyable,” according to Nissan executive vice president Daniele Schillaci in a press release.
Nissan B2V is intended to predict the inputs the driver is thinking about making such as turning the steering wheel or stepping on the accelerator. It’s also being developed to detect and evaluate driver discomfort and change the driving style accordingly. If you’re uncomfortable, it will be able to drive more gently so you can enjoy the ride.