Nissan made this custom all-electric camera chase rig officially making it the first car manufacturer capable of shooting carbon neutral ads.

Nissan can now proudly boast that not a drop of oil is used in the filming of some of their future ads. According to Nissan of Europe earlier yesterday (Feb. 4, 2018) they’ve come up with a handy use for its e-NV200 chassis by hacking off its rear cargo roof and bolting down a seat facing backward effectively making, dare I say, the world’s first all-electric camera rig chase vehicle. Check out the photos from the launch of the 2018 Nissan Leaf where they unveiled and used this torque monster of a camera rig.

What makes a good camera chase rig is something with good power, light on its feet, able to keep up with the cars that it’s chasing, and relatively low maintenance. Sans roof, the Nissan e-NV200 is pretty much all those things.

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Originally conceived as a compact cargo van, thanks to stuffing the Nissan Leaf’s running gear and battery pack in its chassis, a regular ICE NV200 is also sold as a fully-electric model as. Boasting a 106-mile range and an impressive 107 HP and 187 lb-ft, the e-NV200 is an ideal candidate for a chase rig if its low-end grunt you want. I’d imagine that range might be slightly less in the real world if you’re giving it the beans for every shot.

In all honesty, with just a top speed of 76 MPH, this e-NV200 probably won’t be employed for high-speed shoots.  It makes sense that it was just Nissan Leafs they were shooting in those images above. Anything faster and perhaps you’d have to look to Tesla to come up with a camera car if its zero emissions on shoot day you’re looking for.

And just to clarify, this Nissan Leaf launch event was held in the largest Canary Island of Tenerife, known for its use of renewable energies. Presumably, that meant they charged these Nissans with some mixture of geothermal, wind, and solar before handing the keys off to journalists.

When I say carbon neutral, that’s what I mean!

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