Nissan SUV Will Ship Standard With Parrot Drone

A significant world automobile firm is launching a drone giveaway it hopes will launch larger gross sales within the small SUV market.

Nissan just lately introduced the European-market X-Trail X-Scape small SUV will now ship commonplace with a Parrot Bebop 2 quadcopter. Retailing for round $450, the Bebop 2 is a consumer-level drone that features “follow me” GPS and visible monitoring performance.

By additionally kicking in a Skycontroller 2 distant management and Parrot Cockpitglasses headset, Nissan expects patrons might use the drone to seize recollections of outside exercise whereas utilizing the X-Trail to reach at enjoyable locations (the European X-Trail is roughly equal to the American-model Nissan Rogue).

The Bebop boasts a 14 megapixel, 180 diploma, fisheye lens digicam and captures 1080p video at 30 fps. The headset will give customers an FPV, immersive expertise.

“The drone’s exceptional maneuverability and digitally stabilized camera create a fantastic filming platform, for great results over a flight time of up to 25 minutes,” a Nissan assertion added. “For ultimate portability, the drone and supporting equipment come with a bespoke backpack-style padded storage case.”

The added automotive characteristic represents one other step into the “Game of Drones” for the Japanese automaker. Last yr, the corporate unveiled the GT-R Drone, billed as one of many “fastest accelerating FPV racing drones in the world.”

Nissan constructed the racing drone to “keep up” with its then-new GT-R sports activities automobile. The drone flies with a “special race tuned configuration and low-drag canopy” and might go from zero to 60 in 1.three seconds. To show the drone’s mettle, the corporate pitted it towards the GT-R automobile across the Silverstone circuit to check each machines’ pace and cornering skill. Nissan NISMO driver Ricardo Sanchez competed towards 2015 British National Drone Racing champion James Bowles across the 1.2 mile course.

Of course the ending was by no means doubtful as a Nissan spokesperson famous: “While the drone can out accelerate the car, wheels soon catch up with rotors: the GT-R Drone has a top speed of approximately 115 mph, versus 196 mph for the car.”

For Parrot, the Nissan partnership is nice information after the French drone producer introduced huge layoffs in January as a consequence of missed fourth quarter income targets.

 

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