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What is Extreme E? – 1# Ultimate beginners guide to Extreme E

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Extreme E is a high intensity off-road racing championship consisting of specially designed fully electric, battery powered SUV’s. The emphasis being a positive shift away from fossil fuel vehicles over to electric, thus demonstrating the power of this new battery technology in the most extreme conditions on earth.

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Auto Racing Test Drives Its Own EV Future

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Its own stepchild, the inaugural Extreme E series, is staging electric off-road battles in such exotic locales as Greenland, Senegal, and Sardinia, with five teams led by racing superstars including Chip Ganassi , Nico Rosberg and Michael Andretti. The latest is World Rallycross , a wild-and-wooly mix of off-road rallying and tarmac sections.

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