At Nissan, Cars Are Delivered By Driverless LEAFs

Driverless vehicles are not allowed on public roads in Japan, but Nissan has found a way to put them to work nonetheless. Each day, some 1,000 cars go on the approximately 1 one mile trip from the factory to the ship, and then into its belly. In Oppama, fully autonomous LEAF cars pull three flatbed trailers each, on the trailers are the cars. The whole assembly weighs between send and eight tons, but the little LEAF masters it with aplomb. Due to the heavy weight, battery consumption is quite high.