Nissan announces long-term commitment to Formula E

Nissan has announced its long-term commitment to the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship racing through to the end of season 12 - the 2025 to 2026 season - of the all-electric racing series. Nissan joined the series in season five as the only Japanese manufacturer.

The Gen3 era of the championship begins in season nine - the 2022 to 23 season - and will feature even more powerful and faster cars. Nissan races in this world championship to bring the excitement and fun of zero-emission electric vehicles to a global audience.

As part of its goal to achieve carbon neutrality across its operations and the life cycle of its products by 2050, Nissan intends to electrify all new Nissan vehicle offerings by the early 2030s. Nissan aims to bring its expertise in transferring knowledge and technology between the race track and road for better electric vehicles for customers.

In the first two seasons in Formula E, Nissan focused on its "Phase One - road-to-track" technical objectives, which took experience and learnings from the Leaf to develop the performance of the Nissan e.dams race car. In its debut season, Nissan e.dams was the best qualifying team in the championship, while in its second season, the team powered to second place in the teams championship.

As the team races in the current 2020-2021 season seven and looks toward the Gen3 era from season nine, it embarks on "Phase Two - track-to-road" of its technology transfer goals, where the technically fast-moving championship will help Nissan showcase features that aim to encourage consumer adoption of its EVs.

The first races of the 2021 season took place in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, as a double-header event at the end of February, where Formula E raced for the first time as an FIA World Championship. It was also Formula E's first night race, with the cars racing under floodlights. Nissan e.dams took 14 team championship points away from the event.