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Seattle, Check Out Nissanâ€™s Latest Concept Car: Dark Sky
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(Posted on Sep 24, 2018 at 12:32AM by Michelle Bogle)

Seeing stars? Donâ€™t be alarmed; this is not a medical emergency. What you are seeing is Nissanâ€™s latest concept vehicle, Dark Sky.Â

Unveiled at the Hannover Motor Show, the truck was designed to aid the European Space Agency when off-roading into areas of low light pollution to stargaze. If you look closely, the concept is essentially a modified Navara pick-up (the global market equivalent to the Nissan Frontier) with a trailer attached. Itâ€™s a truck turned mobile observatory.

In the trailer, the Dark Sky concept is equipped with an ultra-high performance PlaneWave telescope and cradle, which use upgraded Nissan Intelligent Mobility technologies to transport the equipment to remote locations. This includes a self-hitching trailer hook-up, enhanced blind spot monitors, and an Intelligent Around View Monitor, which gives the driver a bird's-eye-view around the vehicle. Nissanâ€™s ProPilot driver assistance technology is standard as well.

The truck is also outfitted with an UHF transmitter, laptop station and eight radar units with wifi, which are powered by an auxiliary bank of batteries influenced by the Leaf EV. No matter how remote the location, the Dark Sky has all the juice it needs.

Sadly, for Seattle star-watchers, youâ€™ll be disappointed to know that the Dark Sky concept wonâ€™t be available for sale. Instead, itâ€™s being donated to the European Space Agency to be used in future research opportunities.

For now, the closest way to get a glimpse of Dark Skyâ€™s capabilities is to schedule a test drive in a Frontier. To learn more, contact our team at Kirkland Nissan today.