Nissan Will Supply Andretti’s Formula E GEN4 Powertrains

By Robert R Guio

Nissan is expanding its Formula E ambitions by becoming the powertrain supplier for Andretti Formula E when the championship enters its GEN4 era.

The multi-year agreement begins with Season 13 and will put four Nissan-powered cars on the grid: two from Nissan’s factory team and two from Andretti. Customer teams do more than add visibility. They give manufacturers another competitive operation collecting data, testing ideas and exposing weaknesses under race conditions.

Andretti brings credibility to the arrangement. The American organization has competed in Formula E since the championship’s early days and won the 2023 Drivers’ World Championship with Jake Dennis. Nissan is partnering with a team that already understands how to turn electric racing technology into championship results.

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Why Andretti Is a Strong GEN4 Partner

Formula E’s technical rules make the relationship between manufacturer and customer especially important. The cars share major standardized components, while manufacturers develop crucial parts of the powertrain and software package.

Andretti Formula E’s engineers and drivers can provide Nissan with another stream of information about energy use, efficiency, setup and race performance. The organizations say they will collaborate throughout the GEN4 era, combining engineering knowledge with sporting experience.

The driver perspective matters, too. Nissan’s Oliver Rowland is the reigning Drivers’ World Champion, while Andretti’s Jake Dennis won the title in 2023. Different driving styles can reveal different strengths and weaknesses in the same hardware.

Nissan Will Power Andretti Formula E GEN4

Running four cars does not automatically guarantee better results. More information only helps when teams can interpret it and turn it into meaningful development. Still, every qualifying session, energy-saving phase and race start creates another chance to understand how the powertrain behaves.

Andretti also gains access to a manufacturer that has become one of Formula E’s strongest current competitors. Nissan won the Season 11 Drivers’ World Championship with Rowland and has made the electric series a central part of its motorsport plans.

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GEN4 Raises the Stakes for Nissan and Andretti

The GEN4 race car arrives in Season 13 and represents a major technical reset. New regulations create opportunity because every manufacturer and team must learn a different package at roughly the same time.

That can reward organizations that exchange information quickly and make good decisions without becoming buried in data. Nissan and Andretti will need to build trust before the first GEN4 races, even while competing for their own results.

The relationship is cooperative and competitive at once. Andretti needs Nissan to deliver a strong powertrain. Nissan needs Andretti to use it effectively and provide useful feedback. On race day, both teams will still want to finish ahead of the other.

Nissan Will Power Andretti Formula E GEN4

Nissan describes Formula E as a key pillar of its global electrification strategy. The practical value is straightforward: racing forces engineers to manage energy, thermal performance, software and efficiency under intense pressure.

Those lessons do not move directly from a race car into a future Leaf or Ariya. The value is often found in engineering methods, simulation tools, control software and people trained to solve problems quickly. Adding Andretti strengthens that laboratory by giving Nissan another experienced team working with its technology.

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Tokyo Sets the Stage for Nissan’s Next Era

Nissan announced the agreement ahead of Tokyo’s first night E-Prix and its final home race weekend of the GEN3 era. The team will mark the occasion with a one-off NISMO-inspired livery celebrating Nissan’s motorsport history.

Nissan Will Power Andretti Formula E GEN4

The timing connects Nissan’s past and future. GEN3 helped establish the company as a championship-winning Formula E manufacturer. GEN4 will ask whether Nissan can turn that success into a broader technical program capable of supporting another title-winning organization.

For Andretti, the deal offers a fresh foundation. For Nissan, it creates a larger and potentially more revealing development effort. The partnership will ultimately be judged by results, but it begins with a sensible idea: in a rapidly changing racing series, learning from four cars may be more valuable than learning from two.