News Details

McLaren secure Formula E battery contract

McLaren Applied Technologies has been chosen to supply batteries to the Formula E electric car racing series in the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons, the governing International Automobile Federation (FIA) said on Wednesday. Season five, in 2018-19, is due to be a breakthrough for the series with the batteries developed sufficiently for drivers to complete a race with one car rather than having to pit and change mid-race as at present. The FIA said in a statement after a meeting of its World Motor Sport Council in Paris that it had decided to reduce the contract from three to two years due to the rapid development of battery technology. Williams Advanced Engineering, owned by McLaren's Formula...
Full Story »
8y ago from GrandPrix247.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

McLaren to supply Formula E batteries from 2018/2019

 XPB Images McLaren Applied Technologies has won the tender to...
8y ago from F1i.com

McLaren to supply batteries for Formula E

Following today's meeting of the World Motorsport Council, the FIA has...
8y ago from Pitpass.com

Honda eyes second F1 team for 2018

Honda eyes second F1 team for 2018 Honda has indicated it is inching...
8y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Honda: In 2018 we are ready to supply another team

Honda appear to be gearing their factory at Milton Keynes to supply a...
8y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Fabio Quartararo ‘very happy' but ‘staying...

Fabio Quartararo showed visible delight after the three-day MotoGP test...
14h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

2025 Sepang MotoGP test rundown

The 2025 MotoGP season began to take shape as the entire grid took to the...
15h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Power sets goal of five move competitive years in...

Will Power is one of the NTT IndyCar Series’ longest tenured drivers,...

Andretti Global shows off new liveries for 2025...

Andretti Global has revealed a trio of new liveries for the team’s cars...

Penske President Tim Cindric to reduce leadership role

Team Penske announced on Friday afternoon that long-time President Tim...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Report: Arsenal target England international wanted by...

Arsenal are reportedly preparing to make a move for Crystal Palace captain...
5h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal attacker set to miss over a month of action...

Arsenal’s Gabriel Martinelli is reportedly set to miss more than a month...
8h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal injury news: Gabriel Martinelli timeline...

Arsenal's Gabriel Martinelli is reportedly set to spend more than a month...
7h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.