Nissan team shines with FE, and track experience leads electrification forward.

In 2024, the ——FE Formula One Championship and Formula One Championship, representing the top events in the field of electric racing and fuel racing, returned to China again. On the last weekend of May, the 11th and 12th races of the FE Electric Formula Championship came to an end at Shanghai Circuit.

When the roar of the motor resounded through the race, the new generation of fans in China really felt the speed that belonged to the era of electrification at close range.

As the only Japanese automobile manufacturer team to participate in the FE Formula One Championship, Nissan FE Team not only completed its first show in Shanghai, but also led the "Mars Group" of FE events with the top three positions in the standings.

Difficult electric formula, with the attack of Nissan team

Although FE and F1 are formula competitions in different fields, they also represent the top level in their respective fields.

In this season’s FE Formula One Championship, 11 teams and 22 drivers competed in the paddock. With their peak racing performance and surprising team strategy, they have contributed a wonderful "electrification war" to global fans.

Every FE racing car not only has the body structure and aerodynamic characteristics similar to F1 specifications. At the same time, the third generation FE racing car has a maximum power output of 350kW and a power recovery power of 600kW. Every turn, every acceleration and every deceleration test the performance of the racing car and the competitive level of the racing driver.

In the 11th and 12th races of the FE Electric Formula Championship, both drivers of Nissan FE Team performed well.

In the 11th race on Saturday, Oliver, the driver of Nissan FE Team who made his debut in Shanghai, finished the race in the fourth place and won 12 points. Oliver scored another point in the 12th race on Sunday.

After the race, Nissan FE team remained in the top three positions in the team rankings.

Here, the author needs to emphasize that although the field of FE equation is different from that of F1 equation. However, the core logic for a team to achieve good results in these top motor sports events is the same.

To put it simply, a "strong team" not only needs drivers and strategy groups to accurately control the rapidly changing situation on the field, but also to make a surprise victory with good improvisation. More importantly, "it is necessary to be hard while the iron is hot." Building excellent racing cars for top drivers can be called "a good horse with a good saddle" and realize the advantage of track performance.

Nissan has advanced three-electric technology, advanced energy management system and excellent aerodynamic design, which makes Nissan’s racing car in a hot state in the new season’s FE electric formula championship.

In fact, Nissan’s FE team’s achievements in the top electric formula field are largely due to Nissan’s "internal drive".

Because in the decades of automobile sports career, Nissan has always been adhering to a concept, that is, using the strategies of "road-to-track" and "track-to-road", collecting data and testing new technology directions, and transforming and expanding the technology to civilian models, aiming at creating a better experience for users.

With the end of the two races of the FE Formula One Championship in China, Nissan has made outstanding achievements with its own cutting-edge technology.

At the same time, Mr. Masashi Matsuyama, general manager of Nissan (China) Investment Co., Ltd. also said: For Nissan, participating in the electric formula championship will greatly promote the realization of the goal of electric drive, and provide our China users with the passion and fun brought by zero-emission electric vehicles.

It is foreseeable that Nissan will compete in the FE Formula One Championship and strive for the top, largely to feed back its own civilian products. In the future, Dongfeng Nissan, which looks at China, will also create better technology and more perfect pure electric vehicles, thus making a blockbuster.

In the future, Dongfeng Nissan will make pure electricity more perfect.

In fact, whether it is WRC, F1, WEC or FE, all kinds of top competitions in the world attract many automobile manufacturers to participate. In the fierce competition, car manufacturers can realize the transformation and upgrading of civil car technology through racing cars. In the fuel age, VGT variable cross-section turbine technology, dual-clutch gearbox technology and high-pressure direct injection technology actually come from the technical transformation from "track to civilian".

It is rumored that the technology of "charging while driving" is expected to be introduced into the FE electric equation in the future. Undoubtedly, if this technology can land, Nissan and other forward-looking automobile manufacturers will also introduce it into the civilian market. By then, the problem of battery life and energy replenishment of pure electric vehicles may no longer be a "pain point".

In fact, at present, Nissan has built or will soon build new energy vehicles, which also benefit from Nissan’s technological advantages in the racing industry. For example, Dongfeng Nissan Airuiya, a pure electric SUV that has been listed in China.

Many technologies of this model are derived from a large amount of data accumulated by Nissan in the FE electric equation and other fields. For example, the safety car body made of 1500Mpa ultra-high strength steel and the homologous e-4ORCE Snow Fox electric four-wheel drive technology have all experienced the test of the stadium, which can bring consumers a good car experience.

In March this year, the "The Arc Nissan Arc Plan" released by Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. will focus on all-round new product planning and promote electric drive and innovative R&D and production methods. Under the guidance of "The Arc NIssan Arc Plan", the brand new idea of "Happy by Ni" was also launched.

During the Beijing Auto Show, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. launched five pure electric concept cars of Nissan brand based on the advantages of Dongfeng Nissan’s local resources.

These concept cars cover many sub-dimensions of young market, household market, business market and high-performance market. What we can predict is that these cars will adopt many advanced technologies accumulated by Nissan on the track, just like Ai Ruiya.

It is worth mentioning that in the third generation FE electric formula racing car, its acceleration time is only 2.5 seconds. What kind of experience will such driving performance have if it is applied to civilian pure electric vehicles? In the future, after Nissan’s pure electric concept car landed, there is a great possibility to refer to the driving technology of FE electric formula racing car. And this future Nissan high-performance pure tram is also expected to achieve further popularization and expansion of high performance, bringing us more extreme performance and driving experience.

It can be confirmed that in the era of electrification, Nissan Motor and Dongfeng Nissan, a domestic joint venture brand, will pay more attention to the power of technology.

To this end, Dongfeng Nissan not only draws on Nissan’s technical strength in the top competition, but also is better at "gathering the strength of everyone".

As early as the end of 2023, Dongfeng Limited released the "Kai DNA+ Strategy". Based on the new strategy, coupled with Nissan’s new plan and brand proposition, Nissan entered the joint venture 3.0 era in China. Simply put, Dongfeng Nissan will further integrate the R&D advantages of China’s local new energy based on Nissan’s global technology and manufacturing quality.

For example, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. will accumulate more experience in top-level events, build advanced technologies such as enhanced NCM lithium-ion batteries, LFP batteries and all-solid-state batteries, and strive to make future pure electric high-performance cars better and more passionate. In the era of joint venture 3.0, Dongfeng Nissan will also deepen its intelligent layout with a more open attitude, including but not limited to inviting high-quality partners from different intelligent fields in China to join Dongfeng Nissan’s intelligent ecology.

In the end, Dongfeng Nissan will bring exciting products, make life more convenient and make travel better in the era of electrification. According to the plan, by the end of fiscal year 2026, 73% of Nissan’s brand product lineup will be refreshed in China under the impetus of Dongfeng Nissan. Among them, Dongfeng Nissan will launch eight new energy vehicles and include five Nissan brand models. The final appearance of these new cars is naturally worthy of our expectation.

Conclusion:

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The progress of the times and the arrival of the wave always make our hearts surge. Just as the current trend of car electrification is coming, we can easily enjoy the passion brought by breaking 100 in 4 seconds and breaking 100 in 3 seconds. The most important thing is that the major car companies in the world can be prepared in the transformation of the times and inject a truly perfect experience into consumers with higher product completion.

Obviously, Nissan Motor and Dongfeng Nissan are ready. At the level of enterprise development, new strategies and brand ideas have become colored pens for drawing development blueprints; And through the accumulation of technology in the world’s top stadiums, the blueprints will become more three-dimensional In my opinion, it is not too early for Dongfeng Nissan to fully electrify the China market. However, I believe that Dongfeng Nissan will stage the classic drama of the return of the king in the near future after making full preparations.