Faraday Future, an electric vehicle startup, is about to make an announcement tomorrow ahead of the Formula E event in London. It will likely have to do with the all-electric racing championship, which will hold the last races of the season over the weekend.
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Electric vehicle startup Faraday Future (FF) confirmed today that it will be the title sponsor of the 2016 Formula E Long Beach ePrix race, which is now known as the 2016 Faraday Future Long Beach ePrix and will take place on Saturday, April 2, 2016. Gates open at 7:00 am with race start scheduled for 4:00 pm.
The company also confirmed that it will display its FFZER01 concept in the eVillage Fan Zone during the race weekend.
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It was the third race of the Formula E’s second season this weekend in Punta del Este, Uruguay and as usual you’ll find FIA’s highlights of the race and results below.
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Today Jaguar officially announced that it will join the third season of the Formula E championship. The company also unveiled the design of its all-electric race car. The company says it will use the Formula E platform as a “test bed” for its electric powertrain technology.
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After the success of its Formula E Championship, the FIA group announced a new race series with driverless electric cars in partnership with Kinetik. The new championship is called ‘ROBORACE’ and aims at providing a competitive platform for the autonomous driving solutions that are now being developed by automotive and tech companies.
ROBORACE will “piggyback” on the Formula E Championship with each race taking place on the same circuit right before the Formula E race. FIA and Kinetic plan for 10 teams, each with two driverless cars, to compete in 1-hour races.
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This weekend Formula E held its second race of the season in Malaysia and it was an entertaining one. Watch the highlights and results below.
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This weekend Formula E had its second season inaugural ePrix race in Beijing, China. Here are the results and a video of the highlights of the race:
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Formula E, which starts its second season on Saturday, announced that Leonardo DiCaprio will promote electric vehicles for the organisation and become Chairman of the championship’s newly created ‘Sustainability Committee’.
The committee will focus on promoting the mass adoption of electric vehicles and the “long term imprint” of the Formula E in the cities where it races.
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Motorsports are definitely not for everyone, but if you never gave it a try, maybe the Formula E is the right one to get you started. The second season starts on October 24th in Beijing and it should be an interesting one. They introduced new and more powerful drivetrains, and former Formula 1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve is joining the championship with the Venturi Team.
Watch the video below the break to get an idea of the sport:
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