News and reviews on Malaysian cars, motorcycles and automotive lifestyle
News and reviews on Malaysian cars, motorcycles and automotive lifestyle
It may be the final year for the Mercedes-EQ team in Formula E (after which they will be taken over by McLaren Racing) but there’s just as much determination to retain their championship title one more time. This was shown by the double podium finish in the Berlin E-Prix held at the Tempelhof Airport grounds, […]
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As reported last year, McLaren Racing will join Formula E and Extreme E, the two series which run all-electric racing cars. The team for Extreme E has already started competing in the second season which started earlier this year, and next year, McLaren Racing will enter the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship in its […]
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Besides having a works team in the Formula E World Championship for single-seater all-electric racing cars, Porsche also has a second car that sometimes leads in the races. It’s a Taycan which the sportscar maker has supplied for use as the Official Safety Car and it’s most appropriate since it too has a fully electric […]
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The championship lead in Season 8 of Formula E again changed after Round 6 as Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team’s Stoffel Vandoorne claimed victory in Monte Carlo. Running a tactical drive around the famous street circuit, he beat polesitter Mitch Evans (Jaguar TCS Racing) and DS TECHEETAH’s Jean-Eric Vergne. Evans had been close to a win […]
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Season 9 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, which will run in 2023, will see all-new racing cars being used in the fully electric single-seater series. Referred to as Gen3, signifying them as third generation designs, the cars are designed and optimised specifically for street racing. Developed by engineers and sustainability experts at […]
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It wasn’t surprising when Nissan was the first Japanese carmaker to become involved in Formula E which is now a world championship. The carmaker became dominant in the electric vehicle (EV) segment after introducing the world’s first mass-produced EV, the LEAF in 2010, so it was natural for it to participate in the all-electric series. […]
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Jaguar TCS Racing’s Mitch Evans claimed back-to-back victories in the Formula E Rome E-Prix double-header of races with a dramatic win in Round 5 after a first place finish in Round 4 the day before. The Kiwi driver led Poleman Jean-Eric Vergne (DS TECHEETAH) in second and Envision Racing’s Robin Frijns. DS TECHEETAH’s Vergne had […]
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Just as this year’s Formula 1 season sees major changes in technical regulations (including change in tyre sizes) that have required the teams to redesign their cars, Formula E – the all-electric single seater series that has been upgraded to World Championship status – will also see a similar change in 2023 which will be […]
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Mexico City was the venue for the third round of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship yesterday, with 22 drivers whizzing around the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez track in the all-electric single-seaters. A perfect mix of long, fast straights and a technical infield section produced intense races and high drama for the 40,000 spectators who […]
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Reigning champion Nyck de Vries led the Mercedes-EQ team home with a 1-2 in the opening round of the new season in Saudi Arabia. He sealed his first victory in Formula E at the same venue last year and took advantage of an uncharacteristic Stoffel Vandoorne slip-up to double up, with the Belgian missing his […]
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