Why the Racetrack Is Becoming the Frontier of the EV Transition
Formula E has quietly turned its racetracks into testing labs for the technology showing up in electric cars sold to ordinary drivers. Jaguar, Nissan, Porsche, Mahindra, Yamaha, and Stellantis all field teams in the all-electric series, and Formula E CEO Jeff Dodds says the series functions as a proving ground for road-car engineering. He pointed to the Porsche Cayenne Turbo as an example, calling it the brand's most powerful road-legal model to date despite running entirely on batteries, with engineering that traces back to Porsche's work on the circuit. Dodds described a method that Jaguar developed for beaming wireless software updates to I-Pace…
