Nissan plans to leverage Formula E for the advancement of future electric performance vehicles.

Nissan’s all-new next generation halo car could be developed on Formula E racetrack. The Japanese company is extracting the Formula E platform to engineer their future electric performance car prototypes. So going by that, the future Nissan high-performance electric cars could underpin electric motors implementing the technology from Formula E. 

Nissan is desperately trying to look for this revolutionary opportunity, however Nissan is focussing on producing mainstream commuter vehicles, which includes SUVs, in order to increase their stability. The company is also looking to develop an ambitious project, which comprises high-performance electric cars, and for this Nissan is smartly integrating the technology developed by its Formula E Team.

The Head of Nissan’s Formula E operations, Tommaso Volpe expressed his views on this and said that the brand wants to connect its racing division with Nismo, which is the performance car division of the company. 

One of the key suggestions is to create some prototypes specifically on normal chassis, which will ultimately help the Nismo division to extract the true potential of electric cars, as concluded by Volpe. He also addressed a new strategic alliance between motorsport and road car development at Nissan, particularly to redefine themselves in the global EV space. 

Nissan aims to upgrade the Nismo division.

The implementation of this new strategy is aimed to redefine the Nismo, followed by the OEM which has a Nismo version of Ariya in its product lineup, however it is not tuned as a hardcore performance enthusiast, which is expected from the Nismo division. 

According to Volpe, this car has not been developed by Formula E, however, in future, the Japanese manufacturer could develop a prototype, and then the company will be integrating it as a platform for powering future cars. 

POWER: As per the reports, any future prototype from Nissan will be powered by the same dual motor setup used in the current Formula E race car, which has the ability of generating 462 BHP of peak power, but for the future 2026/2027 season, will be producing a massive 789 BHP of maximum power output. 

Nissan is Focused on making track technology available for street use.

Volpe has a strong belief that the next generation powertrains used in the Formula E could be at a time period where race-inspired innovations could be powered in Nissan’s road cars. 

He further clarified by saying that, “The Gen4 cars will have advanced developments when potential upgrades will be transferred from racing cars to future road cars, because the level of performance and efficiency will be extracted on another level.”

According to Nissan officials, the Gen4 Formula E cars will be equipped with All-Wheel Drive technology as Nissan has a deep technical experience for creating seamless AWD electric systems, earlier used in Ariya. Volpe believes it as a strong possibility where technology of race cars could be integrated into urban EVs. 

He also expressed further by saying, “The regulations of Gen4 are openly discussed with manufacturers and one of the reasons why All-wheel Drive technology is integrated here is because of Nissan’s experience in this technology and we believe that AWD is the upcoming future, and will be especially applicable in EVs.”