Nissan North America, Inc.

Nissan Motor Company Limited

Vishnu Jayamohan

Matthew Mccormick

John Curl

Samuel Cates

Andrew Molnar

A vehicle includes a vehicle storage area and a cooler. The vehicle storage area has a floor panel. The cooler is removably stowed in the storage area at a position underneath the floor panel. The cooler has a base defined by a front wall, a rear wall and a pair of sidewalls. The front wall has a vehicle forward facing surface. The rear wall has a vehicle rearward facing surface. The pair of sidewalls connect the front and rear walls. The cooler further has a lid that is pivotable with respect to the base at a location that is rearward of the vehicle forward facing surface.

Cooler for a vehicle

Embodiments of a system and method for controlling illumination in a vehicle passenger compartment are disclosed. In one aspect, a display system for a motor vehicle passenger compartment, comprises: at least one indicia visible to an operator of the vehicle and configured to indicate a vehicle operating condition; an indicia light configured to illuminate the indicia; a display device visible to an operator of the vehicle; and a controller, in communication with the indicia light and the display device, programmed to: operate the display system in a first mode wherein the indicia light is activated to illuminate the indicia, and in response to a first control signal indicative of a change from the first mode to a second mode, reduce illumination of the indicia by the indicia light and control the display device to output information indicative of the vehicle operating condition.

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Nashville, TN, United States of America

Vishnu Jayamohan