The ZEOD RC (Zero Emission Car Racing On Demand) will make its racing debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans next year. The world leader in electric vehicles for road, will consider P1 competition for the victory in the most prestigious endurance race in the world Nissan electric drive variants of the new technologies within their expected future performance for LM.
At the invitation of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) has been announced in the 2014 AGM 24 Hours of Le Mans: Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn in Japan in February to participate. The car is in the "Garage compete 56 entry ACO - additional launchers to present new and innovative technologies.
Is run the full international factory Nissan / Nismo program with input from Japan, Europe and the United States, the Nissan design team ZEOD INT Ben Bowlby addressed when it was re-appointed director of motorsport innovation and Nissan has been on the DeltaWing program in 2012 worked.
While the car until next year's Le Mans 24 Hours, Nissan today announced a unique aspect of the program - racing fans the opportunity to unveil the car on the public area of the Circuit de la Sarthe. Nissan wants the curtain for the fans around the world continue to attract international partnership with updates on their YouTube channel and Nismo.TV provide.
"Nissan has become a world leader in the development of automotive technology and zero-emission Nissan ZEOD INT enable us to continue to develop these skills with the toughest endurance race in the world as a mobile test bed for demonstrating the potential of our project LM P1 drive train test" , said Andy Palmer, executive vice president and member of the Executive Committee of Nissan Motor Company Limited.
"The Nissan ZEOD RC is a natural development of the prototype race on the development of the road car and the Nissan Leaf RC blade. ZEOD The technologies being developed by the RC program to contribute to future innovations for road cars Nissan.
"Nissan is already a world leader in sales of all-electric cars and we look forward to the opportunity to learn, have the lesson presentation with the development of battery technology in the oldest, the most difficult endurance level and in the world.
"The RC ZEOD program is designed to develop various technologies in order to assess how they are used for a future return of Nissan in the LM P1 class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. There are several options that we considered . draw a zero-emission applications where the driver between the electric motor and gasoline engine can switch option, a future direction for cars from the road, so it is more pure power and other new technologies that we have been tested in the development are.
"No one else is the technology of the electric battery in the long distance races of today's innovation Nissan again and that's us with large amounts of data and information to assess potential for future programs Motorsport readers and allow us as a leader in zero emissions continue to on the road to provide technology. "
Starting in 2010, the Nissan Leaf has become one of the best all-electric car sold the most in the world. The Journal Green Car Vision Award, 2010, 2011 European Car of the Year 2011 World Car of the Year and the 2011-2012 Car of the Year Japan.
Nissan has the Nissan Leaf RC launched in 2011 to life - a prototype race car from the same 107 hp electric motor, which is used in street driven car.
Although battery technology does not provide the energy storage capacity of a Le Mans prototype race exclusively electric, Nissan ZEOD RC designer Ben Bowlby believed that the development of the car is an important step in the "electrification" of cars of the future.
"Develop a car like this offers an incredibly difficult test for what could be very effective ways for road cars of the future. During the next twelve months we will test multiple drive types in an extensive test program," Bowlby said.
"We have to consider several options and test. The test program is part of a long-term goal of a system and a set of rules for this type of technology in partnership with the ACO, the more suitable to the highest level of competition this sport would develop . "
"Nissan is a leader in electric vehicle technology for the road, now we want to take these lessons and this know-how in the development of the new racing car.
The goal for the entire global automaker - "Our design team on the Nissan ZEOD RC program has a strong focus on packaging and aerodynamic efficiency, not only performance, but also offer extremely high efficiency.
"Much of our work in the coming months with the ACO future opportunities to" discuss electrification "of the rules of Le Mans in the future and work for the provision of appropriate technologies. Garage 56 is a bold move by the ACO to innovate and enable examination of . defendants components and systems for future competitions To this end, the front - promoter in motor sports today. "
Nissan produced together with French tire manufacturer Michelin for the new prototype. Nissan previously with Michelin on the Nissan DeltaWing program. The manufacturer of Clermont-Ferrand has an enviable reputation in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, winning the last 15 consecutive races in total.
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