Nissan will proceed racing within the System E Championship by means of 2030, the automaker introduced final week.
Nissan has competed within the electrical racing sequence since Season 5, which ran in 2018 and 2019, and below its newest dedication will race within the sequence no less than till the top of Season 16, which can run in 2029 and 2030. This would be the longest that Nissan has competed in an FIA-sanctioned racing sequence.
The dedication makes Nissan the primary staff to signal on to race with the next-generation Gen4 race automotive that can be launched in Season 13, which would be the 2026/2027 season. Nissan helps to develop the automotive. Porsche can be concerned within the improvement, although the automaker hasn’t dedicated to System E past Season 12.
The Gen4 race automotive, like its predecessors, can be frequent to all groups, although sure facets can be open to particular person tuning, significantly in the case of the powertrain.
Nissan on the 2024 System E Diriyah E-Prix
In line with organizers, the automotive will ship extra energy and quicker charging functionality than the present Gen3 automotive. Improved security can be one other key side. Efficiency targets embody an influence output of 804 hp and regeneration capability as much as 938 hp.
For Nissan, and different opponents within the sport, System E supplies a possibility to develop electrical car know-how and check it one of many hardest environments doable. Talking to Motor Authority throughout final week’s 2024 New York auto present, Ponz Pandikuthira, Nissan North America’s senior vice chairman and chief planning officer, stated System E participation is being used as a test-bed for improvement of the powertrain of the next-generation GT-R, although he stated Nissan nonetheless hasn’t selected what powertrain sort the automotive could have.
Information of Nissan’s newest dedication to System E comes concurrently information of the revival of iconic race automotive constructor Lola Automobiles as a brand new entry in System E. Lola will staff up with Yamaha in time for Season 11 of System E, which begins late this 12 months and runs into 2025.