Archive for Category: "Formula E"

Drayson Racing Technologies launches Formula E design competition

Drayson Racing Technologies launches Formula E design competition

Tweet On the face of it, the new competition announced by Drayson Racing Technology (DRT) yesterday sounds like a dream ticket. Asking MA students from London’s Royal College of Art to style a new concept for DRT’s Formula E entry next year should certainly produce some racy-looking cars, but let’s hope they learn from mistakes

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McLaren to join Formula E?

McLaren to join Formula E?

Tweet They have always been at the forefront of racing technology and now it seems McLaren are interested in a piece of the electric racing pie. In a Reuters press release Team Principal Martin Whitmarsh signalled a pretty clear intent to contribute to the Formula E series beginning in 2014,with the strong possibility they will

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Australian circuits considered for Formula E demonstration

Australian circuits considered for Formula E demonstration

Tweet Some great news today from Albert Park, Australia ahead of the F1GP this weekend – it looks like our Antipodean friends could see some electric racing action in the very near future. Garry Connelly, Deputy President of the FIA Institute announced that the circuit is being considered as a potential host for a round

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KleenSpeed bid to advise FIA on Formula E

KleenSpeed bid to advise FIA on Formula E

Tweet The FIA recently issued a call for Expressions of Interest to manage the forthcoming Formula E fully electric race series in 2013. As a company with a great deal of technical expertise in electric racing, US-based KleenSpeed has thrown their hat in the ring with a proposal to act as technical advisor and potential

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Electric F1 just two years away

Electric F1 just two years away

Tweet The news we’ve all been waiting for: the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) has agreed with the European Commission to set up a championship series for electric cars. According to the Financial Times this weekend, FIA president Jean Todt announced that the F1 governing body was working with commissioners to create new electric car,

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