Today Nissan announced the acquisition of the e.dams race team, thereby taking full ownership of its involvement in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. The team is currently based in Le Mans, France, and will continue to race as planned in Season 8. The change in ownership and new management structure will take place with immediate effect. Tommaso Volpe, general manager Nissan Formula E, will also become managing director at e.dams.
Nissan entered the series in 2018 in partnership with e.dams, with both companies racing together in the all-electric championship as the Nissan e.dams Formula E team. In March 2021, the Japanese automaker announced its commitment to the Formula E Gen3 era, which will run from Season 9 (2022/23) through to the end of Season 12 (2025/26) of the series.
Nissan’s participation in Formula E supports the company’s long-term commitment to electrification and sustainability This acquisition is therefore a natural step for the Japanese OEM to take full control of its Formula E project. (see AutoInformed on: Nissan Establishes Carbon Neutral Goal for 2050; Nissan Starts Advanced Brain Training for Formula E Drivers; Audi Dumps World Endurance Cup Racing and Le Mans after 18 Years of Success for Boring Formula E?)
Nissan in Formula E
Nissan made its all-electric racing debut in Season 5 (2018/19) of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, becoming the first and only Japanese manufacturer to enter the series. For the current season (Season 8), veteran Sébastien Buemi, remains with the team for his fourth season, having joined Nissan e.dams since the start of its Formula E journey in 2018. The Swiss racer partners with rising star Maximilian Günther, who joined the team in September 2021. The German driver has previously demonstrated great pace in the championship with three race victories and a second-place podium.
The team continues to link its presence in the all-electric championship to Nissan’s road EVs. Buemi races once more in his #23 Nissan Ariya, named after the Japanese manufacturer’s all-new electric crossover SUV. Günther takes over the #22 Nissan LEAF, named after the brand’s well-known EV, first launched in 2010.
With more than 500,000 Nissan LEAF vehicles sold since the model debuted in 2010, Nissan made use of its existing EV experience to develop its Formula E race car.
About e.dams
With three Team Championship titles, e.dams is the most successful team in Formula E. The e.dams race team was established in 2014 to compete in Formula E by Jean-Paul Driot, founder of DAMS. Partnering with four-time Formula 1 world champion Alain Prost and Renault to create Renault e.dams, the outfit claimed three teams’ titles as well as one drivers’ title with Sébastien Buemi in the 2015/16 season. Nissan became a partner and shareholder of e.dams in 2018 at the start of the fifth season to create Nissan e.dams. In their first season together, they claimed six podiums, five pole positions and an inaugural victory in New York with Buemi. In Formula E’s sixth season, Nissan e.dams added a further pole and five podiums while driver Oliver Rowland took his first Formula E win at the penultimate round in Berlin. For the current season of the series (Season 8), Buemi races alongside new teammate Maximilian Günther.
FIA Formula E – Nissan Takes Over e.dams Race Team
Nissan entered the series in 2018 in partnership with e.dams, with both companies racing together in the all-electric championship as the Nissan e.dams Formula E team. In March 2021, the Japanese automaker announced its commitment to the Formula E Gen3 era, which will run from Season 9 (2022/23) through to the end of Season 12 (2025/26) of the series.
Nissan’s participation in Formula E supports the company’s long-term commitment to electrification and sustainability This acquisition is therefore a natural step for the Japanese OEM to take full control of its Formula E project. (see AutoInformed on: Nissan Establishes Carbon Neutral Goal for 2050; Nissan Starts Advanced Brain Training for Formula E Drivers; Audi Dumps World Endurance Cup Racing and Le Mans after 18 Years of Success for Boring Formula E?)
Nissan in Formula E
Nissan made its all-electric racing debut in Season 5 (2018/19) of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, becoming the first and only Japanese manufacturer to enter the series. For the current season (Season 8), veteran Sébastien Buemi, remains with the team for his fourth season, having joined Nissan e.dams since the start of its Formula E journey in 2018. The Swiss racer partners with rising star Maximilian Günther, who joined the team in September 2021. The German driver has previously demonstrated great pace in the championship with three race victories and a second-place podium.
The team continues to link its presence in the all-electric championship to Nissan’s road EVs. Buemi races once more in his #23 Nissan Ariya, named after the Japanese manufacturer’s all-new electric crossover SUV. Günther takes over the #22 Nissan LEAF, named after the brand’s well-known EV, first launched in 2010.
With more than 500,000 Nissan LEAF vehicles sold since the model debuted in 2010, Nissan made use of its existing EV experience to develop its Formula E race car.
About e.dams
With three Team Championship titles, e.dams is the most successful team in Formula E. The e.dams race team was established in 2014 to compete in Formula E by Jean-Paul Driot, founder of DAMS. Partnering with four-time Formula 1 world champion Alain Prost and Renault to create Renault e.dams, the outfit claimed three teams’ titles as well as one drivers’ title with Sébastien Buemi in the 2015/16 season. Nissan became a partner and shareholder of e.dams in 2018 at the start of the fifth season to create Nissan e.dams. In their first season together, they claimed six podiums, five pole positions and an inaugural victory in New York with Buemi. In Formula E’s sixth season, Nissan e.dams added a further pole and five podiums while driver Oliver Rowland took his first Formula E win at the penultimate round in Berlin. For the current season of the series (Season 8), Buemi races alongside new teammate Maximilian Günther.