![]() ![]() As in Formula E, fans will be encouraged to interact through social media. Races will be broadcast on Fox Sports and MotorTrend. Also, whichever car jumps farthest on the first crest of each race gets a Hyperdrive speed boost to be used later. Then the bottom four square off in the so-called Crazy Race, and the top two advance to the final. On day two, the top four qualifiers race, and the last-place team is cut. Each team competes in two of four qualifying heats on the first day to decide its position in the semifinals. Every car has two drivers-one male, one female-who do a lap apiece. In each race, cars compete on a bumpy, jumpy off-road course about five miles in length. Teams are restricted to one full battery charge a day using electricity generated by hydrogen fuel cells. Electricity comes from a 54.0-kWh battery pack produced by Williams Advanced Engineering in the U.K. In the first two seasons, teams will use SUV-style buggies with 536 horsepower and all-wheel drive. Here's what you need to know about Extreme E, which is scheduled to kick off on April 3. The locations for the first season's five races-Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Greenland, Brazil, and Argentina-were chosen to highlight threatened environments and the effects of climate change, and the rules call for each team to split driving duties equally among male and female drivers. Just be prepared for even more planet-saving rhetoric in Extreme E. ![]() Wheel-to-wheel action on loose surfaces should make this EV competition more interesting to watch than that tightly fought but relatively slow open-wheel race series. To describe Extreme E as an off-road version of Formula E would sell the new race series short. Is This Real Life? E-Racing Takes the Wheel.Motorsport Manager Online Adds Formula E Racing. ![]()
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