World's First Electric Speedboat Racing Series Announced

Automotive industry, its future electric motors from airplanes to transatlantics in the medium or distant future. All vehicles on sea, air and land will be electric. is considered.

Implemented in the 2014/2015 season Formula Eaimed to bring electrical integration to Formula, one of the world's most popular motor sports organizations. Moreover Extreme E Similarly, it brings electrification to off-road races that take place in challenging terrain conditions.

As we mentioned at the beginning of our news, electrification will not be limited to land and will also affect both air and water vehicles. With the statement made in Monaco today The world's first electric speedboat racing series E1 (full name UIM E1 World Electric Powerboat Racing Series), was officially announced.

The idea behind organizing E1 is extremely simple; To draw attention to efforts to reduce carbon emissions and ocean pollution. However, for now the UIM E1 World Electric Powerboat Racing Series There is no information about the start date.

Spanish businessman Alejandro Agag, one of the names behind the realization of Formula E and Extreme E, said that the electrification of floating vehicles is still in its infancy and that E1 could accelerate the adoption of electric boats he stated.

The idea of ​​launching an electric powerboat racing series was put forward earlier this year by McLaren's former motorsport director and aeronautical engineer Rodi Basso and Alejandro Agag. Although the start date of the races is not known at the moment, it will be used The vehicles will look like they came out of Star Wars and we know that the vehicles will have a top speed of 111 km/h.

Video released for E1