Nissan has strengthened its partnership with e.dams by purchasing a stake in the championship-winning racing organization, ahead of Nissan\u2019s debut in the ABB FIA Formula E electric street-racing championship.<\/p>\n
Nissan is joining Formula E as the first Japanese carmaker to participate in the innovative series and as the global leader in electric cars, with more than 350,000 Nissan LEAF vehicles sold. Nissan\u2019s Formula E program will show a new \u201cperformance side\u201d of Nissan Intelligent Mobility \u2013 the company’s vision for changing how cars are powered, driven and integrated into society.<\/p>\n
Based in Le Mans, France, and co-founded by team principal Jean-Paul Driot, the e.dams organization emerged from DAMS, a leading contender in European open-wheel and sports car competition for more than 30 years. In its previous partnership with Nissan\u2019s alliance partner Renault, e.dams won the Team Championship in the first three seasons of Formula E. It also holds records for most wins and pole positions.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor Nissan\u2019s first Formula E experience, it makes sense to partner with e.dams and be able to draw on the organization\u2019s experience of winning races and championships,\u201d said Roel de Vries, Nissan corporate vice president and global head of marketing and brand strategy. \u201cThe level of competition in Formula E will get even more intense for season five, with a series-mandated all-new car and powertrain. As part of our commitment to our partnership, Nissan has now purchased an ownership stake in the organization, and we\u2019re excited to work with Jean-Paul and his team.\u201d<\/p>\n
Said Driot, \u201cWith our new partner Nissan, we\u2019re eagerly awaiting the new challenges ahead. We\u2019re very proud of our history in Formula E, and we\u2019re looking forward to adding new pages to the series\u2019 history books with our new partner and the new car.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nissan has strengthened its partnership with e.dams by purchasing a stake in the championship-winning racing organization, ahead of Nissan\u2019s debut in the ABB FIA Formula E electric street-racing championship. Nissan is joining Formula E as the first Japanese carmaker to participate in the innovative series and as the global leader in electric cars, with more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8564,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"1","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_pr_autopilot_social_copy":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph_description":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph_image":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph_image_id":0,"_yoast_wpseo_twitter_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter_description":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter_image":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter_image_id":0,"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":26,"_extra_hide_author_box":"1","_extra_featured_post":"","_partner_post_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-automotive","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n