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In its fourth year, the marketing partnership between Nissan and the Formula One Infiniti Red Bull Racing team is now electric.

Two new e-NV200 large commercial vehicles are helping transport drivers, staff and kit for the F1 team around their Milton Keynes facilities and elsewhere in the UK.

The vehicles are the new electric additions to the 80 LCVs that make up the team’s fleet.

At the Infiniti Red Bull Racing Technology factory, Christian Horner, team principal of Infiniti Red Bull Racing, underscored the strength of the relationship.

“We have approximately 20 vehicles here in the UK that are constantly collecting parts and elements from different suppliers,” said Horner. “We have all the logistics of moving people from different airports to different race tracks. So, it’s a crucial part of our operation, in terms of logistically moving people and parts around the world.”

Electric LCVs and Formula One racing might seem on opposite ends of the automotive spectrum.

But Dany Boulenger, Division General Manager of Nissan’s LCV Business Unit, says as both try to reduce their carbon footprints, the relationship – and the technology – are symbiotic.

“We are working with the same challenge,” says Boulenger. “The challenge is how we make the most effective use of energy. And we have a regenerating system in both sides, in Formula One and in eNV200. And that makes things fun in a way.”

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