The first of them is the Navara EnGuard Concept, which is an emergency rescue vehicle that can provide electrical energy in extreme environments.
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It might have a unusual, fencing-related name, but this Nissan Navara EnGuard Concept will be able to rescue you if you get into difficulties far, far off the beaten track.
The concept has been engineered to operate as a life-saving rescue platform, carrying equipment for emergency and disaster recovery work in the harshest environments, including a remote-camera DJI Phantom 4 drone, so rescue crews can look before they leap into a potentially unsafe situation. The Navara EnGuard is powered by a 2.3-liter twin-turbo diesel I-4 engine, and uses the same ladder frame chassis as the standard Navara. Two pull-out fibreglass trays carry items such as a resuscitation kit, oxygen tanks, life jackets and even a axe. Each battery is a 2kW unit composed of seven Nissan EV battery modules encased inside a weather-proof, machined aluminium housing. Two input sockets and five output sockets are included on each battery pack.
“Our prototype EV portable battery pack reveals how Nissan will integrate its world-renowned EV battery technology and expertise into new sectors in the future”. They’re created to act as more efficient generators, operating heavy lifting or specialist cutting equipment, or powering search lights and heat sources. Additional power sockets are integrated into each side of the truck’s bed.
Furthermore, its fiberglass trays were also incorporated with radios, ropes, and axes that magnified its greatest tow truck label. Weighing just 1.38 kg, it can fly at speeds of up to 20 metres per second for close to 30 minutes and can relay images back to the concept truck, viewed on a pop-up HD screen hidden in the bed wall.
Ride height has been jacked up by a chunky 50mm, and there are some new, bespoke fenders and side steps. The truck sits on a fully adjustable performance suspension system with uprated nylon bushes to further improve off-road capability.
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A new 360-degree LED lighting set-up has been built into the Navara’s redesigned roofline, complete with blue strobe lights in each corner, with more integrated into the wheel arches, foglights and rear lights.
