Mission accomplished for the Nissan ZEOD RC, which was the first all-electric lap at Le Mans. Wolfgang Reip completed the lap in morning warmup; he’ll share the Garage 56 entry with Satoshi Motoyama and Lucas Ordonez.
Here’s the Twitter stream from the @NissanZEODRC feed:
#LM24 HISTORY MADE AT LE MANS @WolfgangReip just recorded the first all electric lap of Le Mans in the warm-up #eatsleeepRACErepeat
— Nissan ZEOD RC (@NissanZEODRC) June 14, 2014
#LM24 After a mammoth all-night effort from the crew the @NissanZEODRC team are delighted to make history this morning #eatsleeepRACErepeat
— Nissan ZEOD RC (@NissanZEODRC) June 14, 2014
So proud and thrilled for all the @NissanZEODRC team and everyone at Nissan. The first all electric lap of lap is a mammoth achievement.
— Andy Palmer (@NissanAndy) June 14, 2014
First all electric lap, first to hit 300km/h at Le Mans on electric. And the experts said we were crazy when we launched the @NissanLEAF
— Andy Palmer (@NissanAndy) June 14, 2014
#LM24 Nissan’s Chief Planning Officer @NissanAndy talks to the media after the all electric lap #eatsleepRACErepeat pic.twitter.com/8Vy3jJIkBv
— Nissan ZEOD RC (@NissanZEODRC) June 14, 2014
Emotional moment for us as @NissanZEODRC does a full lap of Le Mans on electric power! Massive respect for those guys. #innovation
— NISMO Global (@NISMO_Global) June 14, 2014
#LM24 History makers. All electric man @WolfgangReip with @SatoshiMotoyama and @Lucas_Ordonez #eatsleeepRACErepeat pic.twitter.com/ke78wOjKtB
— Nissan ZEOD RC (@NissanZEODRC) June 14, 2014
#LM24 @Lucas_Ordonez celebrates as @WolfgangReip records the first all electric lap #eatsleeepRACErepeat pic.twitter.com/AkaxKUcgRE
— Nissan ZEOD RC (@NissanZEODRC) June 14, 2014