Scotland Extreme E race offers double win and hydrogen testing hotly contested E.ON Next Veloce Racing came out on top in both races at the Scotland Hydro X Prix as Extreme E continued to test its hydrogen car. Drivers Kevin Hansen and Molly Taylor won both races in the second location on the calendar, Dumfries and Galloway, to lead the championship standings by nine points from Acciona [...]
Extreme E in Scotland will be at centre of changing landscape trial time Change seems to be in the air up in Dumfries and Galloway this weekend. Last week’s General Election may not have seen a switch in party in the Scottish constituency but at the Glenmuckloch opencast coal mine will be the backdrop for a key shift in motorsport, through Extreme E, and how it’s powered this [...]
Extreme H: Pioneer 25 hydrogen racing car launched in central London a new beginning 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 [...]
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 [...]
Extreme E series cuts carbon footprint by nearly 10 per cent April 9, 2024 Electric racing series Extreme E this morning announced it has cut its carbon footprint by another 8.2 per cent. The off-road series – which has teams under the ownership of the likes of McLaren, Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg and Jenson Button – also saw 30 per cent of the series three’s energy needs fuelled by [...]
Extreme E announce plans for off-road hydrogen racing championship August 31, 2023 Extreme E and motorsport’s governing body the FIA have announced plans for the first-ever off-road hydrogen racing world championship. The non-binding Memorandum of Understanding between the two organisations sets out the framework for the pathway towards racing. The series will be named Extreme H, and will be a sister product to the likes of Extreme [...]
Extreme E announce partnership with Vodafone Business April 28, 2022 All-electric off-road racing series Extreme E have today announced a partnership with Vodafone business that will see them become Technology Communications Partner. The partnership will see Vodafone Business leading innovations such as 5G integrated into the global operations of the sporting discipline. The sport, which includes teams by Formula 1 outfit McLaren as well as [...]
Extreme E: Hamilton has second title in a week snatched away despite win December 19, 2021 Lewis Hamilton has had a second world title snatched away from him within seven days as former Formula 1 rival Nico Rosberg’s Extreme E team won the inaugural world championship. Hamilton’s X44 Extreme E racing team won their first race in the final outing of the season but couldn’t surpass Nico Rosberg’s RXR racing team [...]
McLaren launch Extreme E livery as they announce new driver November 3, 2021 McLaren Racing have launched their Extreme E livery on a day which also saw the the motorsport group announce Emma Gilmour as their new driver. Unveiled at a Cop26 event by the Prince of Wales, the livery will feature as motorsport giant enters the sustainable racing series. On becoming McLaren’s first female driver, Gilmour said: [...]