Nissan ZEOD RC, the facts

Just before this years 24 Hours of Le Mans race (21/6/13), Nissan has unveiled its new concept electric car that will run as the Garage 56 entry for next years 24 Hours of Le Mans called the ZEOD RC (stands for Zero Emission On Demand Racing Car). Designed by the same person who designed the DeltaWing from last year. And the ZEOD RC, will make use of the same battery technology found on Nissan's LEAF road car, as we thought it would be an all electric race car.



Well sort of, during the leauch of the Nissan ZEOD RC at Nissan's Nismo headquarters in Japan on Thursday (17/10/13) just before this weekends FIA World Endurance Championship race at Fuji, it will have an twin-electric motors inside the Nissan ZEOD RC, which can used on the opening lap of each stint will be completed with the electric motors before it goes into hybrid mode for the remainder of the run with an 1.6-litre 4-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine with approximently 300bhp for the rest of the shift. And aimed to produce lap times ahead of the GTE-Pro field with the car, with a max speed of over 180 mph on the Mulsanne Straight.



Am I sadden that it's not an all Electric race car, no it was a nice attempt from Nissan, never-less it can go fully electric on one lap at Le Mans and the best option for Nissan for this car should be a hybrid race car, and like I said in a pervious post, if any manufacture that have the technology and budget to race the 24 Hours of Le Mans in an all Electric race car and to finish the race as-well, it's more than likely is none other than Nissan whem the technology is there. So good luck to Nissan for 2014 race.








Also, during the launch event for the Nissan ZEOD RC at Nissan's Nismo headquarters in Japan they showed updates of the car from the last time we saw it at Le Mans from four months ago.

Nissan ZEOD RC concept from Le Mans this year:



End of blog for now. New post soon. Bye.