Extreme H: Pioneer 25 hydrogen racing car launched in central London June 27, 2024 Extreme H, the successor to Extreme E, today launched its racer on the River Thames as hydrogen racing edges closer. Aboard the St Helena, the ship that transports the Extreme E cars from location to location, the Pioneer 25 was unveiled to guests and members of the media. Extreme H the future Alejandro Agag, Founder [...]
Electric racing looks to make mark on status quo June 26, 2024 The United States is motorsport mad: they live for Nascar and IndyCar and have recently adopted Formula 1 once again. This weekend the electric version of the world’s dominant motorsport, Formula E, heads to Portland for its penultimate weekend of racing. With four races to go until a Formula E champion is crowned in London [...]
Formula E changes hands as Liberty takes controlling stake June 13, 2024 Multinational telecommunications company Liberty Global are set to take a controlling stake in Formula E in a major move for the electric racing league. Liberty Global is set to acquire the shares held by Warner Bros. Discovery, subject to the deal going through, to take its holding to 65 per cent. Liberty Global is not [...]
The 2025 Formula E calendar in full as Monaco double-header confirmed June 11, 2024 Formula E have announced their 2025 calendar with back-to-back races in Monaco featuring for the first time. The season will get underway in Brazil before races in Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Miami, Monaco, Japan, China, Indonesia, Germany and Great Britain. London maintains its position as host of the season finale. Round five is as yet to [...]
Extreme E to return to Britain with Scotland leg June 6, 2024 Electric racing series Extreme E will return to Great Britain this season as the off-road motorsport heads to Scotland. The Glenmuckloch opencast coal mine in Dumfries and Galloway will host rounds three and four of Extreme E’s fourth season next month. The coal mine is set to become a pumped storage hydropower plant and wind [...]
E1, Puerto Banus and Saudi Arabia: The PIF mission to lure fans June 3, 2024 Why was the marina of Puerto Banus full of electric speed boats backed by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund? Matt Hardy went to find out why the E1 Series is making a splash. Lady Haya, a 64m superyacht owned by the Saudi Arabian royal family, dominates the secluded marina of Puerto Banus. The so-called [...]
NFL star Brady ready to be caught after E1 dominance May 29, 2024 Former NFL superstar Tom Brady is looking to maintain his 100 per cent record in the E1 electric boating series after coming out on top in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Venice, Italy. Team Brady now head to Marbella this weekend with Sunday’s final set for Puerto Banus. Their drivers Emma Kimilainen and Brit Sam Coleman [...]
Formula E: Shanghai sees field close ahead of final four races May 27, 2024 With just two races before Formula E heads to London for its season finale the drivers at the top of the Individual Standings this weekend inched towards one another after a double-header in Shanghai. The controversial return to China was fuelled by involvement from the country’s manufacturing industry in components on many cars on the [...]
Formula E and motorsport at heart of a China waking from its slumber May 25, 2024 In Rome’s Palazzo dei Congressi last summer, Formula E chief executive told City A.M. that a return to racing in China after four years was on the cards. “We need to be in mainland China,” he said. “I know we can dance around that a bit but we need to be in mainland China. “Every [...]
Sparks as E1 Series and Formula E light up Europe May 12, 2024 Sparks flew across Europe this weekend as both Formula E motor racing league and the E1 Series saw exhilarating races play out in the world of electric-powered sports. A double header at the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit saw Formula E world championship leader Nick Cassidy pick up a win on Saturday and a second place [...]