December 2019 – Mersen Partners with Trophée Andros

Published on: 23/12/2019

Mersen is continuing its technical partnership agreement with French ice-racing championship Trophée Andros for the 2019/2020 season

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Mersen Partners with Trophée Andros

This season, Mersen is proud to support Nicolas Prost, who will pair up with four-time reigning champion Jean-Baptiste Dubourg behind the wheel of a fully electric Renault ZOE. The two drivers resonate with Mersen’s values of excellence and collaboration.

Trophée Andros is the world’s largest ice-racing series for automotive and bike engine categories. After being the first championship to include a 100% electric car category in 2009, the 2019-2020 season will feature a new world premiere for the trophy, which will go fully electric with 12 cars from different teams.

Mersen will also equip the 12 fully electric four-wheel drive Andros Sport race cars participating in the 2019-2020 Trophée Andros.

The electric vehicles are designed by Exagon Engineering, a company that Mersen has worked with for a number of years, supplying battery cell connection components (monitoring laminated bus bars) and protection fuses – solutions designed to withstand extreme driving and climate conditions.

Mersen is committed to the electric vehicle industry and its capacity to leverage its expertise for all industry players by providing tailored battery connection and protection solutions, particularly for high-voltage models.

Mersen is a global expert in electrical power and advanced materials, they have over 6,900 employees across 35 countries with recorded sales of €879 million in 2018.

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