China’s largest electric vehicle maker may be preparing for its most ambitious brand move yet. BYD is drawing industry attention after signaling interest in entering Formula One, a step that would ...

Formula 1’s technical director Ross Brawn revealed that the racing series could eventually go all-electric, but that he would wait until the technology advances enough to make the racing exciting.

Not every advance in electric-vehicle technology takes place inside the sterile calm of a research laboratory. BMW, Volkswagen’s Audi and a Silicon Valley-based battery maker are helping push the ...

Formula E CEO Jamie Reigle has a pretty fresh way of looking at the all-electric open-wheel racing series as it powers through its eighth season. If it ain't broke, make it better. The ABB FIA Formula ...

When the all-electric Formula E race series debuted in late 2014, race-fan reactions zigged and zagged with every quirk of the new league’s format. Electric race cars built to similar chassis specs as ...

It’s a sound that has defined Formula One – the guttural, ear-deafening sound of the combustion engine, which has provided the background symphony to the sport since 1950. But for how much longer? Gas ...

Porsche quit the Super Bowl. The German automaker rattled the racing industry when it announced it was pulling out of Le Mans Prototype 1, the top class of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC).

Grand Prix auto racing dates back more than a century, to races organized in France in the early 1900's. Now known as Formula 1, the auto racing is an international sporting phenomenon. But another ...

Formula E is a sport with a purpose, and one which goes beyond the usual competitive aim of establishing who goes furthest, fastest, strongest. The championship, in which 25 battery-powered cars zip ...

NEW YORK-- (BUSINESS WIRE)--DHL, the world’s leading logistics company and the Logistics Partner of Formula E, successfully delivered all 40 fully-electric racing cars taking part in the Championship, ...

The Porsche 99X Electric is based on the same “Gen 2” design as all other Formula E cars. Teams are required to use the same chassis and battery pack in order to keep costs down, and the racing close.

Your electric car might be more of a race car than you realize. I learned this during my visit to the first Formula E E-Prix of the new season, a global racing series with all-electric cars. The race ...