[VIDEO] Top Gear Tests Nissan ZEOD RC
Nissan came up short in its goal of getting the ZEOD RC across the finish line at the 24 Hours of Le Mans this year, but it was able to rack up the dual accomplishments of the first-ever all-electric lap at the Circuit de la Sarthe and the fastest all-electric lap ever recorded (186 mph) on […]
ZEOD RC Achieves Full Electric Lap at Le Mans
Despite taking the LM P2 Class by storm with a 1-2-3-4-5 finish, this weekend’s Le Mans was nonetheless a letdown for Nissan, whose ZEOD RC was forced to retire five laps into the race due to a gearbox issue. Despite the letdown, which prevented drivers Lucas Ordóñez and Satoshi Motoyama from taking the track at […]
Nissan ZEOD RC Retires from Le Mans with Gearbox Issue
The 24 Hours of Le Mans is underway, and there’s bad news for fans of the ZEOD RC EV. The revolutionary all-electric car is out of the running after it was felled by an issue with the gearbox coming out of the Porsche Curves. #LM24 We have a problem on course. @WolfgangReip is stopped on […]
Nissan ZEOD RC Goes ‘Round Le Mans 24 Times
Most people don’t think of electric cars as competitive. Efficient? Yes. Clean? Absolutely. Fast enough to race in competitive motorsports? Not quite. The Nissan ZEOD RC aims to change that mindset by completing an entire lap of the Circuit de la Sarthe on electric power alone during the prestigious 24 Hour of Le Mans race. […]
Watch the Nissan ZEOD RC Crash Test in Slow Mo
While the talk in regards to Nissan and the Le Mans 24 today largely centers around the announcement that next year’s race will see the return of a GT-R, let’s not forget that this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours will mark the debut of the endlessly interesting ZEOD RC. In order to help get the […]
Satoshi Motoyama Joins Nissan ZEOD RC Le Mans Lineup
In looking to complete the driver lineup that will pilot the unprecedented ZEOD RC at 24 Hours of Le Mans this year, Nissan will turn to three-time Japanese SUPER GT champion Satoshi Motoyama. Motoyama joins Nissan GT Academy winners Lucas Ordóñez and Wolfgang Reip in their quest to make a sterling first impression at the […]
Nissan GT Academy Winner to Race ZEOD RC at Le Mans
The most legendary endurance race in the world, the Le Mans 24 Hours, will signal the intersection of two of Nissan’s most revolutionary concepts in the past decade. On one hand, you Nissan’s revolutionary electric racecar, the ZEOD RC, and on the other is the first-ever video-gamer turned professional racecar driver from Nissan’s famed GT […]
Nissan ZEOD RC – the World’s Fastest Car
Nissan recently unveiled the world’s fastest car. That’s right! Just before the 2013 LeMans race, Nissan showed off their Zero Emissions On-Demand Racing Car; or Nissan ZEOD RC. The prototype is powered by the same lithium-ion battery featured in the Nissan LEAF® no-gas electric car.
Nissan ZEOD Hits 300km/h on Mulsanne Straight
Before coming into this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans race, Nissan set a couple of major goals for their all-electric ZEOD RC. One of them: set the speed record for an electric vehicle. Driver Satoshi Motoyama did just that in qualifying when he got the ZEOD up to 300km/h on the Mulsanne Straight. Motoyama […]
Nissan Tweets Mysterious Race Car Photo, Presumably in Bruce Wayne’s Bat Cave
Just after noon today, Nissan tweeted this mysterious picture with the text “A new era is about to begin.” Either they’re revealing a new race car prototype, or they’ve entered into some odd product placing agreement with Warner Bros. for the new Batman film. Notice the uncanny resemblance to Bruce Wayne’s Bat Cave as depicted […]
Nissan Adds Reip, Shulzhitskiy to 24 Hours of Spa Lineup
With the 24 Hours of Spa only a few weeks away, Nissan is making some changes to their NISMO driver lineup. Stanislav Aksenov will be replaced behind the wheel of the No. 35 Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 by Mark Shulzhitskiy; and GT Academy winner and native Belgian Wolfgang Reip will join Alex Buncombe, Florian Strauss, […]
Four Gamers Will Race in Le Mans for Nissan Tomorrow
Another E3 has come and gone, and while gamers on the whole have more than enough reasons to be excited (Halo 5! Super Smash Bros! No Man’s Sky! Evolve!), fans of racing games certainly got their money’s worth. From DriveClub and The Crew to Forza Horizon 2 and the inimitable Project CARS, next-gen gamers have […]
Start Your Consoles: Sixth GT Academy Competition Announced
Where arguably the most famous call-to-action in all of sports may well be “Gentlemen, start your engines,” the announcement that there will be a sixth GT Academy competition may leave one more inclined to bellow, “Gentlemen, grab your controllers!” Nissan and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe have announced the sixth-annual installment in the NISMO Playstation® GT […]
Nissan Motors Develops the Smart Rearview Mirror
Nissan has announced the development of the Smart rearview mirror – the world’s first LCD monitor that provides clear visibility in numerous situations. Nissan’s Smart rearview mirror can easily be switched between LCD screen and traditional rearview mirror to provide the driver the control they need. We can expect to see the Smart rearview mirror […]
Inaugural Nissan GT Academy Winner to Race in Super GT
Nissan’s GT Academy has stolen headlines across the automotive since its creation in 2008. The one-of-a-kind competition turns video gamers into professional race car drivers, but the transition to full competition doesn’t happen overnight. RELATED: Nissan Demonstrates Smart Rearview Technology in 2014 Rogue The first-ever Nissan GT Academy winner, Lucas Ordóñez, has spent the last […]
Lauren Jauregui Explores Miami in Hyundai’s “My City Unlocked”
Hyundai has recently teamed up with Spotify to highlight up-and-coming artists as they travel through their hometowns, discussing what inspires them. In a new video series called “My City Unlocked,” former Fifth Harmony member Lauren Jauregui explores the vibrant city of Miami in a 2021 Elantra, showing off her top spots and playing her favorite […]
[VIDEOS] These Crash Tests of India’s Cars Are Catastrophic Failures
'Zero out of five' is pretty horrible
Ever wonder what a score of zero on a crash safety test would look like? That is exactly what the Global New Car Assessment Program (a London-based organization looking to help the adoption of crash test programs in emerging car markets) found when it went to India and investigated seven different Indian-market-specific vehicles, handing five […]
Nissan BladeGlider Probably Won’t Hit Dealerships Anytime Soon
When Andy Palmer was head honcho at Nissan before he left to work for Aston Martin, production of the otherworldly Nissan BladeGlider had been on the table after it was revealed at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show. Well, Philippe Klein is the chief planning officer now, and he recently told Autocar that “It is still […]