Nissan announced its plans to enter the Le Mans Series earlier this year, but the company has been toying with the idea ever since it left the DeltaWing program.
Today its experimental car - the ZEOD RC - was finally unveiled and, according to Nissan, it will be the world’s fastest electric racecar. The new electric racecar will start testing later this summer and will make its racing debut at next year’s Le Mans 24 Hour. As usual, the car will race under the ACO’s "Garage 56" entry.
While very official specifications have been released on the new ZEOD RC, we do know it will take advantage of the electric technology used in the road-going Nissan Leaf. However, Nissan will somehow take this technology to extreme level, as the ZEOD RC will hit a top speed of 186 mph.
Nissan will run Le Mans with a G-Driving Racing No 26 Oreca this year and hopes to score victory in the P2 class.
Click past the jump to read about some of the competition the ZEOD RC may face at at next year’s Le Mans.
Nissan ZEOD RC originally appeared on topspeed.com on Saturday, 22 June 2013 18:00 EST.
Source: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/nissan/2014-nissan-zeod-rc-ar158192.html
