Nissan IDS Autonomous EV Concept Revealed At Tokyo Motor Show

The centrepiece of Nissan's stand at this year's Tokyo Motor Show is this, the IDS concept - the Japanese company's forward-looking vision for a zero-emissions autonomous city runabout.

Its streamlined shape and EV powertrain also suggests it could form the pattern for the next-generation Leaf electric car, though Nissan doesn't explicity make any link between that model and this concept.

However, in terms of function and mechanical package, the IDS concept is essentially a more highly-evolved descendant of the Nissan Leaf Piloted Drive 1.0 concept revealed last week.