Formula E completes season with longer range cars, repeat winner

2019 Formula E New York eGrand Prix turn 1 (CREDIT: Formula E Instagram video)Formula E's New York City E-Prix wrapped up on Sunday with a repeat champion, dramatic racing, and actual production cars taking to the track. While pole-sitter Sebastien Buemi ran away with the race for team Nissan e.dams, Frenchman Jean-Eric Vergne repeated as season points champion, racing for Sino-French team DS Techeetah, The best Vergne...

What type of electric-car racing interests you? Twitter poll results

Romain Dumas drives the Volkswagen ID R at 2018 Pikes Peak International Hill ClimbElectric cars and racing can make strange bedfellows. The purpose of electric cars is to save energy. Racing, whether it uses gasoline or electrons, is a spectacle of speed—conservation takes a backseat. DON'T MISS: Volkswagen's ID R Pikes Peak race car shows why you should care about electric car racing As electric cars have gained a...

Formula E races to add Jaguar I-Pace electric-car race series

Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy racecarMedia days at this week's Frankfurt motor show seemed to be all about electric cars and concepts, from mass-market brands like Volkswagen to luxury makers like Mercedes. Jaguar Land Rover, however, was able to get its own share of press by announcing that its upcoming electric car would go racing. Specifically, the Jaguar I-Pace all-electric...

Will Formula E Racing Boost Electric Car Sales By 77 Million? Erm…

Nick Heidfeld in a Mahindra M4Electric Formula E race car at the 2017 Goodwood Festival of SpeedThree years ago, an all-new motor racing series began. Called Formula E, the series pits battery-electric race cars from teams around the world in competition on circuits in the heart of some of the world's most iconic cities. The third season has just wound up, and the list of carmakers fielding electric-car race teams is growing: Audi, BMW...

Mercedes, Porsche to join Audi, BMW, Jaguar, Renault in Formula E racing

2016/2017 Formula E Hong Kong ePrixThe changing of the guards in motor racing is underway: both Porsche and Mercedes-Benz have announced they will join the FIA Formula E electric-car racing series in 2019. To make that possible, both German teams will end their tenures in respected motorsport; Porsche will end its World Endurance Championship LMP1 program, while Mercedes plans to...