![]() ![]() "With Nissan, we will see a Japanese marque in this exciting new motor sport competition for the first time. “The strength of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship continues to grow and attract the world’s leading carmanufacturers," said FIA president Jean Todt. We're entering the championship on a level playing field this year, with every manufacturer competing with a brand-new car, battery and powertrain combination from season five.” The season five schedule of the Formula E championship is expected to include Hong Kong, Berlin, Zurich, Rome and New York. “The level of competition in the Formula E championship is on the rise, and we’re eagerly awaiting the unique engineering challenge ahead. "Nissan is bringing a lot to the table with our expertise in EV technology for the road and bringing it to the race track, said Nissan’s global motorsport director, Michael Carcamo. “Now, we want to bring that EV expertise to motorsports.” Although the Nissan Formula E car livery was revealed for the first time today, work has been underway for many months to develop the all-new technical package as Nissan prepares for its debut. "Nissan is proud to be an innovator in electric vehicles on the road, with the Nissan Leaf completing more than 4 billion zero-emission kilometers around the world,” said Jose Munoz, Nissan’s chief performance officer. One car will race the complete race distance. The combination of the sonic pulse of the Doppler effect and the released power of a sonic boom inspired our celebration of EV Racing.” Season five of the Formula E schedule will be the first where there will not be midrace car swaps. Thus, naturally, we turned to Doppler when designing the livery. Formula E racers are virtually silent, with explosive speed bursts. ![]() “This initial reaction from the team started us on a path that captured a sense of a form breaking free of resistance and gravity. “At first glance, the season five Formula E car looked to our design team like an EV-powered supersonic bird in flight,” said Alfonso Albaisa, senior vice president of global design at Nissan. The livery for Nissan's Formula E program was designed by the company’s global design team in Japan. The unveiling follows the announcement at last year's Tokyo Motor Show that Nissan would debut in Formula E's fifth season. Nissan, the first Japanese manufacturer to enter the ABB FIA Formula E Championship, is unveiling its concept livery for the 2018-19 all-electric racing series season on Tuesday at the Geneva auto show. ![]()
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