Online gaming and sites like Foursquare are blowing up - allowing users to have "bragging rights" over how many times they play a game, check into a restaurant, or how much they can use Twitter while driving (not that we condone texting as you drive - in fact we're pretty much against that practice).
Nissan hopes that the Leaf will be the best selling all-electric vehicle on the streets of America and the Leaf is getting into the gaming world too.
We know Leaf's seven-inch display gives real-time information, like how much CO2 the driver is keeping out of the atmosphere, along with daily, weekly, and monthly reports to drivers. The program is called CARWING, and is available onboard all Nissan Leaf EV's.
"It's a fun idea," says CNET's Matt Hickey, "and contributes to the 'gamification' trend, something that we expect to see show up everywhere in the next year."
But this "infortainment" system also includes achievements, much like Foursquare. Averaging a driver's usage with others, it assigns rankings regionally and globally. So much for road rage - now drivers can have bragging rage as they commute.
Foursquare and other websites like it, allow users to "check into" a place the most get prizes, such as badges and sometimes merchant discounts. We don't yet know if there will be an official prize for being the greenest - maybe just pride in knowing you're helping the environment?
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