NIO formalizes its commitment to Gen3

Present since the beginning of the championship in 2014, first under the names China Racing and Nextev (with the title in season 1 for Nelson Piquet Jr), the structure NIO will always be there Formula E when the series will host Gen3 single-seaters in 2022-2023 with a targeted presence until 2025-2026.

“We have seen the development of Formula E since its inception and now, as it transitions to the FIA ​​World Championship, we welcome the evolution towards its third generation, describes Vincent Wang, director of NIO.

We attended numerous meetings with the FIA ​​and Formula E regarding the Gen3 technical roadmap when we joined the Formula E family as 333 Racing last year.

We are excited to join the list of manufacturers continuing in the series and expect to see further changes as Formula E grows.

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NIO had introduced its own powertrain before the 2020-2021 campaign after notably using that of Dragon Penske. The Chinese team is currently in penultimate place in the 2020-2021 Manufacturers rankings.