The Fastest Electric Car from Nissan

LeMans 24 Hours 2013 racing season has not finished yet, some automotive manufacturers who participated in this race has done a significant breakthrough for the next racing season, LeMans 24 Hours 2014. So, Nissan did not want to fall behind for next year competition and heat up with releasing the newest electric racing car, Nissan ZEOD RC faster than a predetermined time and also targeted will be achieve 15 victories of the 22 entries at LM P1 class in LeMans 24 Hours 2014.

2013 Nissan ZEOD RC. (Picture from: http://www.boobrok.com/)

Nissan ZEOD Electric RC racing car is a real proof if the electric power can also bring the car running in high speed. Maybe if it had been used as an automotive energy source is still limited developed for small cars in urban areas such as citycar, this time Nissan presenting their work that brings fresh air for the automotive world future, by presenting an electric race car was named the Nissan ZEOD RC stands for "Nissan Zero Emission On Demand Racing Car".

Front view of 2013 Nissan ZEOD RC. (Picture from: http://thenextweb.com/)

According to Nissan, the car is powered by an electric motor is capable of racing with a speed of 300 kph once claimed to be the fastest electric-powered cars in the world, as long as there is no electric-powered car that can reach speeds that number. But now this car will probably be the toughest rival for Lola-Drayson B12/69EV (jump to related article), another electric racing cars which is also claimed as the fastest in the world (according to its builder is able to reach a top speed of 328.6 kph/204.2 mph).

Nissan ZEOD RC racing car will begin its inaugural debut in the world of racing next year in in the world's number one endurance race at the LeMans 24 Hours circuit in LM P1 class at the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) 'Garage 56' entry. In terms of automobile technology, Nissan ZEOD RC is a combination of technologies that are implemented between Japan, Europe and America.

Rear-right side view of 2013 Nissan ZEOD RC. (Picture from: http://thenextweb.com/)

Meanwhile, according to the designer who is also a member of the Innovation Directors Board of Nissan Motorsport (NISMO)  who was participated in the development of 2012 Nissan DeltaWing, Ben Bowlby, that ZEOD RC concept car design itself is a combination or fusion between the Nissan LEAF and the LEAF RC concept car that comes form a fairly unique and of course, very sporty.

Andy Palmer, Executive Vice President and Executive Committee member at Nissan Motor Company Limited said, "Nissan has become a global leader in the development of zero emission automotive technology and the Nissan ZEOD RC will allow us to further develop those capabilities using the toughest endurance race in the world as a mobile test bed to test the potential of our planned LM P1 power train."

Nissan admits that this innovation is the first application of the electric battery technology in the car endurance race. The next issue, Nissan will implement the high performance green system to their mass product. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | NISSAN | THE NEXT WEB]

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