Nissan Formula E Team Drivers Teach Children About Electric Vehicles
- Nissan Formula E Team Drivers, Norman Nato and Sacha Fenestraz, introduce electric vehicles to children
- Young kids aged six to ten predict that cars can fly and shoot fire in 2043
- EV School series offers the children an opportunity to learn more about future of mobility
- The participating kids also have a chance to drive their own Nissan ARIYA
Nissan was the first manufacturer in the world to create a commercially available electric vehicle, the Nissan LEAF. The brand has also been one of the most successful teams on the Formula E grid.
Two of the team drivers, Norman Nato and Sacha Fenestraz taught young children about the future of mobility and electric vehicles. During the new EV School series, the drivers received questions about what they think about electric vehicles. The children were also curious about their experiences as Formula E drivers.
The duo went on to explain how the technological features in Formula E cars will be transferred into production vehicles soon. The children were able to drive their own small Nissan ARIYAs on the grid.
How do children imagine motorsport in 2043?
The series also featured global research, with the intention to find out what children think motorsport will be like in 2043. Children aged six to ten participated in the study.
According to the research, children believed that in 2043, there would be flying cars. They also thought that the cars could change colour and able to drive on any terrain without issues. Terrifyingly, they also believed in robots taking over the world.
Other things the children thought cars could do in future included:
- Move through water
- Jump over other vehicles in traffic
- Have a shield that protects from accidents
- I'm a list item with a bullet point
- Drive one million miles an hour
- Robots would replace pit assistants
- Turn into something else (see: Transformers)
- Go as fast backwards as forwards
- Drive at the speed of light
- Tyres would change themselves
- Shoot lasers
- Could be controlled by mind
- Have spherical wheels to drive in any direction
- Become invisible
- Could be controlled by your eyes
- Shoot fire
- Ability to move other cars out of the way
- Teleport
Norman Nato, Nissan Formula E Team driver
“It’s important to teach kids about the future and all of them will be driving electric vehicles when they grow up. Everything we develop in our Formula E cars is designed to make a better tomorrow.”
Norman Nato, Nissan Formula E Team driver, commented:
“It’s important to teach kids about the future and all of them will be driving electric vehicles when they grow up.
"Everything we develop in our Formula E cars is designed to make a better tomorrow."
"We work hard on creating technology that becomes available in electric road cars and it’s exciting for me to be at the forefront of innovation."
Nissan Formula E Team driver, Sacha Fenestraz, also said:
"The future of Formula E is going to be extremely exciting and it’s great to hear what the next generation of drivers think it will look like.”
“I don’t know what’s going to happen in the next 20 to 30 years, maybe we’ll be able to race in flying cars, but I hope robot drivers don’t replace us!”