Nissan presents mountain rescue EV concept in an Italian ski resort
Nissan has extensively modified the X-Trail Mountain Rescue with features such as snow chains replacing the wheels.
The emergency vehicle also has its rear seats removed to fit stretchers and transport injured skiers to the nearest medical centre. The stretchers are kept on the roof with snow shovels, crucial to recovering people buried in avalanches.
A siren, a light bar with flashing lights, and powerful headlights have also been fitted to the roof of the X-Trail, as well as lights on the bonnet.
The front bumper carries a winch and a reinforced towing hook; there is one on the rear bumper as well. Footboards on the side are to facilitate access as the X-Trail rides 23cm higher on its track than the road-going version.
Speaking about the Nissan e-4ORCE system, the company stresses that the AWD can react to changing levels of grip in 1/10,000th of a second, about 1,000 times quicker than a traditional all-wheel drive system. It also adjusts the power distribution to the wheels individually.
The Nissan X-Trail Mountain Rescue is to support a campaign in five European ski resorts under the ‘Ride Responsibly’ banner. Nissan says it will promote courteous slope etiquette by placing digital signs and careful driving.
While the video shows the emergency vehicles in action, it is unclear whether that is going to happen in Cervinia. Nissan is displaying the X-Trail Mountain Rescue in a glass box at the ski resort – if only in times of non-emergency needs to be seen.
That the e-4ORCE system is winter-ready, however, has been well demonstrated. The adventurer couple Chris and Julie Ramsey reportedly completed their ‘Pole to Pole’ expedition in a Nissan Ariya e-4ORCE in December last year.
They drove over 30,000 kilometres in their series-produced EV, with Nissan keeping modifications “intentionally minimal”.
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