Nissan's killer app: zero slip, zero slide and braking with ease

On a frozen mountain lake in Japan, Nissan demonstrated how its next wave of EVs will use a new all-wheel-drive technology that makes it awfully hard to slip and slide. (HANS GREIMEL)

February 23, 2023 05:00 AM

TATESHINA, Japan -- When cruising along at about 65 kph on a sheet of super-slick ice, it pays to have an ultraresponsive vehicle stability system that won't skate you right off the road.

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