Updates from the world of electric and hybrid racing cars, bikes and even boats and planes.
Berlin is announced as the tenth Formula E city race, completing the set which will play host to the first season of the FIA Formula E Championship starting in 2014. Berlin Tempelhof is revealed as the location for the German Formula E race. BERLIN (July 11, 2013) – Cornelia Yzer, Senator for Economics, Technology & […]
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Spark Racing Technology (SPARK) today officially announced the creation of a consortium dedicated to their project as car supplier to FIA Formula E Championship, which will be launched in 2014. Further to the decision of the world council (28th June 2013),the FIA had approved SPARK’s application for homologation as the supplier of all the electrical single-seaters to the
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Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) saw the company’s advanced all-new MiEV Evolution II race car place second and third in class in the EV Division in the 91st running of the famous Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC) in the talented hands of two-time Dakar Rally winner Hiroshi Masuoka and six-time PPIHC motorcycle champion
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For the fourth time in a row, Mercedes-Benz had the largest electric fleet participating atthe Silvretta E-Auto Rallye in Montafon. A special premiere at Mercedes-Benz shows that electric mobility has arrived already on the market. As the first customers Klaus Ambacher and Klaus Ege meet with their fuel cell vehicle the high alpine challenges: “We
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Mitsubishi Motors’ (MMC) team[1] of seasoned drivers Greg Tracy and Hiroshi Masuoka clocked both the first- and second-best times in the qualifying round in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb’s (PPIHC)[2] Electric Division. During the qualifying session held for the Electric Division on June 27, Greg Tracy clocked the quickest time in the Electric Division
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Audi most efficient in the field – facts on the twelfth victory at Le Mans. Less fuel consumption combined with higher speed – that’s how Audi won the 2013 Le Mans 24 Hours with the R18 e-tron quattro and its drivers Loïc Duval (F), Tom Kristensen (DK) and Allan McNish (GB). Key facts after the
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Lord Drayson takes World Electric Land Speed Record with a speed of 204.185mph, subject to final FIA homologation. Record breaking speed is an average of two runs completed within an hour in near perfect conditions at Elvington Airfield, England First ever EV record using wireless charging by QualcommHalo 26 June – Elvington, UK – Drayson
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For the second time in succession, Audi has won the Le Mans 24 Hours with a hybrid race car and quattro drive, thus continuing its unique success story at the world’s most important endurance race. Victory was clinched by Loïc Duval (F), Tom Kristensen (DK) and Allan McNish (GB). As expected, the twelfth triumph for
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Nissan unveils Le Mans prototype plans with world’s fastest electric racing car. Nissan ZEOD RC will utilise the same lithium battery technology as used in the award-winning Nissan Leaf The Nissan ZEOD RC will achieve speeds in excess of 300km/h Multiple electric drivetrain technologies to be tested before racing in 2014 Le Mans 24 Hour
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Formula E is hotting up with several recent announcements, the latest being the partnership between Spark Racing Technology (SPARK) and Williams Advanced Engineering. The press release reads; “PARIS (11 June, 2013) – Spark Racing Technology (SPARK) today confirmed a prestigious new partnership with Williams Advanced Engineering to design and assemble the batteries that will power
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