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Di pameran kereta New York 2024, eksekutif Nissan Ponz Pandikuthira dan Alfonso Albaisa mengumumkan berita menarik untuk peminat Nissan. Mereka mengesahkan bahawa kereta sport ikonik GT-R dan Z akan diteruskan ke generasi akan datang.

R35 GT-R, yang telah wujud selama 16 tahun, mencapai penghujungnya, ditandai dengan edisi khas. Pandikuthira mendedahkan bahawa GT-R generasi akan datang akan menumpukan pada ketulenan, kekal pada asalnya sebagai kereta trek berprestasi tinggi. Walaupun butiran mengenai rangkaian kuasa masih diusahakan, Nissan menggunakan Formula E sebagai medan ujian untuk teknologi kenderaan elektrik, menunjukkan komitmen mereka terhadap inovasi.

Albaisa membayangkan reka bentuk GT-R baharu, mencadangkan ia akan mengekalkan ciri utama seperti tempat duduk untuk empat orang dan rupa yang garang, sambil meneroka idea penggayaan baharu. Pasukan reka bentuk Nissan sedang mempertimbangkan konsep berbeza untuk R36 GT-R, termasuk kemas kini kepada elemen tandatangan seperti reka bentuk lampu belakang.

Bagi barisan Z, Pandikuthira memberi jaminan bahawa model semasa akan memenuhi peraturan pelepasan buat sementara waktu, memberikan masa kepada Nissan untuk membangunkan versi seterusnya. Albaisa menekankan kepentingan untuk keluar dari tradisi dengan Z baharu, sama ada dengan mengimbau kembali semangat 240Z asal atau dengan memperkenalkan reka bentuk baharu.

Nissan berdedikasi untuk mengembangkan barisan kereta sukannya, memastikan generasi masa depan GT-R dan Z menghormati warisan mereka sambil menerima inovasi dan prestasi.

Malaysia mungkin terlepas menganjurkan Formula E-Prix tahun depan, dengan Thailand menjadi pilihan sebaliknya. Kerajaan Malaysia tidak menyahut jemputan Formula E, yang mungkin bermakna kehilangan peluang untuk mempamerkan Malaysia di peringkat global.

Formula E menawarkan Kuala Lumpur peluang untuk menjadi tuan rumah perlumbaan akhir setiap tahun sehingga 2030, tetapi tiada maklum balas yang jelas daripada Malaysia. Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Formula E mahu bercakap dengan Perdana Menteri Anwar Ibrahim tentang faedah, tetapi tanpa jawapan, bidaan Malaysia menghadapi masalah.

Tiada maklumat mengenai kos penganjuran acara itu, tetapi ia mungkin mahal, terutamanya memandangkan projek besar lain seperti cuba menganjurkan Sukan Commonwealth 2026. Walau bagaimanapun, penganjuran Formula E boleh mendatangkan banyak wang dan mencipta beribu-ribu pekerjaan.

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Formula E is a truly world championship: in just 6 rounds, the event has been held at venues in 5 different regions of the world – Central America, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and this weekend, South America for the Sao Paulo e-Prix.

The Brazilian city hosted a round of the all-electric single-seater championship for the first time this year. Like the other venues, the event ran on a street circuit and this 2.96-km one was challenging with the high speeds possible. The drivers raced their Gen3 cars along roads with long straights normally reserved for carnival floats and revelry

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After racing at a brand new track in Hyderabad, India, for Round 3 of the ABB Formula E World Championship, the drivers headed southwest to another new venue – Cape Town in South Africa. While not the first Formula E event in Africa as previous events have also been run in Marrakesh, Morocco, since 2016, the Cape Town circuit is the fastest of this 16-race season.

The 2.921 km circuit is around the DHL Stadium, skirting the coastline with the famous Table Mountain as a backdrop. The surface had bumpy braking zones, a tight chicane at Turns 4, 5 and 6 and a pacy, narrow section midway around the lap that would challenge the GEN3 racing cars.

Antonio Felix da Costa drove a storming race from 11th on the grid to his first win for TAG Heuer Porsche in the event, after producing a carbon copy of one of the best moves you’ll ever see for the lead, on two separate occasions. The Season 6 champion returned to form last time out with third in Hyderabad but this was something else in a properly attritional race with just 13 drivers finishing the knife-edge encounter.

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DS PENSKE’s Jean-Eric Vergne held on to his lead to win the first-ever ABB FIA Formula E World Championship race in India. His victory was cheered by a sell-out crowd of over 25,000 people which included a host of dignitaries, Bollywood celebrities and sports stars. The last time Verge was on top of the Formula E podium was in April 2021 at the Rome E-Prix.

The 32-year old French driver, who has been in the all-electric single-seater championship Formula E since 2014, Vergne fought hard in the final third of the race to stay ahead of Envision Racing pair Nick Cassidy and Sebastien Buemi. Although Buemi finished third, a post-race penalty dropped him further so it was Antonio Felix da Costa (TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team) who inherited his position.

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Pascal Wehrlein of the TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team steered his 99X Electric GEN3 car to two wins over two days at the 2023 CORE Diriyah E-Prix, once again pipping Avalanche Andretti Formula E Team driver Jake Dennis to the line, while Rene Rast secured a first podium for NEOM McLaren in Formula E.

Qualifying in fifth rather than ninth in the first day’s race (Round 2), Wehrlein made things easier on himself ahead of Round 3 under the bright lights of Diriyah, venue of the street circuit in Saudi Arabia for the all-electric Formula E series. This year, the more than 35,000 fans who attended the race weekend saw the Middle-Eastern debut for the all-new GEN3 car – the world’s fastest, lightest, most powerful and efficient electric racing car.

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Michael Andretti may be having challenges getting a team, with Cadillac as partner, into Formula 1, but where Formula E is concerned, the Andretti team was readily accepted and has remained a consistent participant since the first season. And this year, as the Avalanche Andretti Formula E team, it has taken the first victory of the new Season 9 in Mexico City this weekend.

Driver Jake Dennis had a dominant drive to win the Hankook Mexico City E-Prix ahead of TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team driver Pascal Wehrlein who started from sixth to finish second, and Mahindra Racing’s Lucas di Grassi who slipped from pole position during the race to finish third.

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The 2023 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship sees an entirely new generation of all-electric single-seater racing cars, dubbed ‘Gen3’. This third generation of racing cars for the series, which has completed 8 seasons, will be the fastest and most advanced ever, designed and optimised specifically for street racing.

Among the entrants is the Jaguar TCS Racing team which will enter its new Jaguar I-TYPE 6, the most advanced and most efficient electrically-powered Jaguar racing car ever. Lighter, more powerful and faster than the Gen2 racing car used by the team in earlier seasons, the I-TYPE 6 will set new performance benchmarks for an all-electric racing car with a top speed of 322 km/h.

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It was not surprising that Nissan was the first Japanese carmaker to enter Formula E, the all-electric single-seater championship series. After all, the carmaker could be considered the pioneer in starting mass production of electric vehicles (EVs) with its LEAF. However, when it first participated in 2018, the fifth season of the series, it did so with the e.dams team.

Following its entry that year, the team was a regular each season and in March 2021, Nissan confirmed further commitment to Formula E until the end of Season 12 (2025/26). Earlier this year, Nissan decided it was ready to take on a direct involvement in the team and acquired it in April. It finished off the season with the Gen2 racing car as the all-new Gen3 version was being developed for 2023.

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Maserati is no stranger to motorsport, having been present in touring, GT and even Formula 1 (from 1950 to 1957) so competition is in its high-performance DNA. Next year, the Italian carmaker will enter the ABB Formula E World Championship, the all-electric series which will be in its ninth season.

It will enter as the Maserati MSG (Monaco Sports Group) Racing with the Maserati Tipo Folgore Gen3 – the first fully electric racing car in the history of the brand which is also the first Italian carmaker to enter Formula E. It is the second brand in the Stellantis Group to participate in Formula E, the other being DS from the Citroen affiliate which has been racing since 2018.

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