Articles for Extreme E

Can Formula One racing ever go carbon neutral?
2 years, 4 months ago

Can Formula One racing ever go carbon neutral?

Live Mint  

German Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel’s recent announcement that he would retire from the sport after the 2022 season caught many by surprise. Assessing the impact In 2019, Fl released a landmark sustainability strategy report, based on a detailed audit, which revealed that one race season generates about 256,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions. In 2019, F1 also announced big plans …

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New Zealand rally driver Emma Gilmour makes history as McLaren's first female driver
3 years, 1 month ago

New Zealand rally driver Emma Gilmour makes history as McLaren's first female driver

ABC  

New Zealand rally ace Emma Gilmour will become the first woman to race for McLaren when she suits up for their Extreme E team in 2022. Key points: Emma Gilmour has been rallying since she was in her 20s Extreme E is a racing formula that races electric vehicles in remote locations around the world Gilmour believes the first female …

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Nico Rosberg says motorsport can help climate change
3 years, 1 month ago

Nico Rosberg says motorsport can help climate change

The Hindu  

Retired Formula One champion Nico Rosberg says motorsport has a positive role to play as the world seeks to combat climate change. An investor in the electric Formula E championship, and team owner in the off-road electric Extreme E series as well as a founder of Greentech Festival, Rosberg will be at the COP26 climate change conference that starts in …

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McLaren Racing to enter Extreme E next year
3 years, 6 months ago

McLaren Racing to enter Extreme E next year

Firstpost  

Extreme E was set up by the man behind Formula E, Alejandro Agag, to draw attention to some of the world’s most pressing environmental issues. McLaren are to join the Extreme E electric off-road championship next year, the Formula One team announced on Friday. The British F1 outfit supplied Lewis Hamilton with his first world title and Hamilton’s X44 team …

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‘The World’s Masterpiece’: The spectacular region of AlUla hosting a groundbreaking new motorsport
3 years, 8 months ago

‘The World’s Masterpiece’: The spectacular region of AlUla hosting a groundbreaking new motorsport

The Independent  

Of all the things which make AlUla so spectacular, from its ancient heritage to its modern cultural gems, perhaps most striking is the landscape itself. Or AlUla’s 700-year-old Old Town, now a ghost town where you can walk through its narrow streets which link together like a mud-brick maze. Maraya is the world’s largest mirrored building, 10,000 sq metres shimmering …

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Nico Rosberg: ‘We must build the whole of sport on the foundation of social cause, for the greater good’
3 years, 8 months ago

Nico Rosberg: ‘We must build the whole of sport on the foundation of social cause, for the greater good’

The Independent  

To Nico Rosberg, Nico Rosberg’s Formula One career was about more than just becoming world champion. I think F1 might look pretty similar in 15 or 20 years, it’s just that the technology will evolve to be emission-free, and it will have its purpose much more deeply ingrained.” ‘Purpose’ is the factor which lured him to Extreme E. The sport …

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Extreme E Aussie Molly Taylor claims inaugural victory in Saudi Arabia season opener
3 years, 8 months ago

Extreme E Aussie Molly Taylor claims inaugural victory in Saudi Arabia season opener

ABC  

Australian Molly Taylor has claimed victory in the inaugural race of the Extreme E off-road racing series in Saudi Arabia. Key points: Molly Taylor is the only Australian to compete in the Extreme E series Taylor and her teammate, Johan Kristoffersson, claimed victory in Saudi Arabia by 23 seconds Extreme E is a motor racing series that aims to highlight …

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Extreme E LIVE: Results and reaction from Desert X Prix final
3 years, 8 months ago

Extreme E LIVE: Results and reaction from Desert X Prix final

The Independent  

✕ Close Extreme E: Claudia Hurtgen crashes during Desert X Prix qualifying Rosberg Extreme are the very first Desert X-Prix winners! Extreme E’s first finals day promised plenty after two enthralling qualifying sessions yesterday suggested there will be entertainment when the cars finally go wheel-to-wheel, and the final day was absorbing. The brand new motorsport series is making its debut …

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Jenson Button: ‘In a race car you’re lying down. Extreme E is like driving a bus’
3 years, 8 months ago

Jenson Button: ‘In a race car you’re lying down. Extreme E is like driving a bus’

The Independent  

“It’s pretty insane,” says Jenson Button. The drop is 100m from top to bottom at a 45 degree decline, in skiing parlance like launching down a super-black run, except you’re not on skis but sitting inside a 1.78 ton SUV. “The first time I was like ‘wooooah!’,” says Button, miming the sort of grimace you might see on a man …

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Hamilton's team ahead of Rosberg's in Extreme E qualifying
3 years, 8 months ago

Hamilton's team ahead of Rosberg's in Extreme E qualifying

The Hindu  

Lewis Hamilton beat old Formula One rival Nico Rosberg in the battle of team owners in qualifying for the first race of the new electric off-road Extreme E series in Saudi Arabia on Saturday. France's nine-times world rally champion Sebastien Loeb and Spanish team mate Cristina Gutierrez led the way for the seven- times Formula One world champion's X44 outfit …

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Can high-speed SUVs save the planet? Extreme E begins bold new mission with first Desert X Prix
3 years, 8 months ago

Can high-speed SUVs save the planet? Extreme E begins bold new mission with first Desert X Prix

The Independent  

Perhaps the best way to understand what makes Extreme E such a unique venture is to know why the recent Suez Canal blockage nearly brought this weekend’s opening race to its knees. Cynics might suggest it is all very nice PR for a new motorsport trying to turn heads, and wonder just how much difference Extreme E’s souped-up geography field-trip …

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Sport set to reckon with impacts of climate change, and encouraged to act now
3 years, 9 months ago

Sport set to reckon with impacts of climate change, and encouraged to act now

ABC  

Sports globally are reckoning with the impacts of climate change, no longer seen as an issue far off in the distance but one that is being felt today. Key points: At present, the Federal Government's National Sports Plan does not address climate change A new report suggests Australia's summer leagues and codes are particularly threatened by the impacts of climate …

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Extreme E: The new electric motorsports series 全新电动越野系列赛 Extreme E
3 years, 11 months ago

Extreme E: The new electric motorsports series 全新电动越野系列赛 Extreme E

China Daily  

Extreme E: The new electric motorsports series 全新电动越野系列赛 Extreme E 本集内容 Extreme E: The new electric motorsports series 全新电动越野系列赛 Extreme E 学习要点 有关 “power（动力）” 的词汇 边看边答 Where in the world will this new motorsports series be going to? 这些电动多用途越野车是由世界一级方程式锦标赛赛车设计专家艾德里安·纽维打造的。它们的发动机功率400千瓦，相当于550制动马力。这些赛车将用来在地球上一些最极端的环境中比赛。 Sir Lewis Hamilton, Formula 1 driver brought my attention to Extreme E is the great places that it is going to …

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Jamie Chadwick to race in inaugural Extreme E series after joining Veloce Racing
4 years ago

Jamie Chadwick to race in inaugural Extreme E series after joining Veloce Racing

The Independent  

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Nico Rosberg to renew Lewis Hamilton rivalry after unveiling new Extreme E team
4 years, 2 months ago

Nico Rosberg to renew Lewis Hamilton rivalry after unveiling new Extreme E team

The Independent  

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