Nissan releases driving inspired lullaby playlist to help get your baby to sleep

With fuel prices increasing and a stronger focus of individuals reducing their carbon footprint, Nissan has come up with a novel way to help parents who heavily rely on the magical effects of dream driving to gently lull their child to sleep without the actual driving, excess fuel use and increased carbon footprint.

The Nissan LEAF Dream Drive is touted as the world's first zero-emission lullaby, a concept dreamt up by Nissan engineers and Sound Designer and Sleep Coach, Tom Middleton. It’s essentially a sleep album for babies that mimics the sound frequencies of a humming car engine which peacefully puts them to sleep. Traditional combustion engines transmit a sound frequency, which is a combination of white, pink and brown noise varied in tone when put together creates an orchestral soundscape that is especially soothing and comforting.

The twist here is, instead of the sound of a traditional petrol or diesel engine, the sound of the Nissan Lullaby is of the motor from the electric Nissan LEAF.

"Nissan's zero-emission lullaby combines early auditory development research with creative strategy and is inspired by the audible and inaudible sounds of the Nissan LEAF," says Sound Designer, Tom Middleton.

"In addition to the combustion engine frequencies that only children can hear – which help lull them to sleep – every sound you can hear comes from building an orchestra of sounds and rhythms from interior and exterior recordings of the LEAF."

The Nissan LEAF Dream lullaby contains five, three-minute tracks that you can add to your preferred music-streaming app and try at home the next time your little one refuses to snooze. Alternatively, try it out on yourself next time you can't seem to fall asleep.

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