QEV Technologies partners with Formula G
Formula G has announced QEV Technologies as the technical partner for the upcoming electric development series.
The partnership will see QEV develop the Formula G car's powertrain and battery from its base near the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain, which houses production facilities for road and race vehicles.
“Of course, we are delighted to be working with QEV Tech,” said Dilbagh Gill, founder and CEO of Formula G.“We share the same aims and goals and we have worked together in Formula E and other projects. QEV Tech is the perfect partner for this championship. I have every confidence in QEV Technologies to deliver two fantastic cars for our two categories.”
The Spanish electromobility firm, which develops solutions for urban mobility through its ZEROID brand, is no stranger to motorsport, having developed Nitrocross’ FC1-X -- the most powerful all-electric racing car in the world -- as well as the ZEROID X1 used in the FIA World Rallycross championship’s RX2e feeder category. It also runs the Acciona Sainz team in Extreme E.
“Motorsport is our passion. It provides the ‘halo effect’ for everything we are creating in the factory and gives the company an exciting, vibrant environment for all our technicians,” said QEV CEO Joan Orus. “I was involved in Formula E from the outset and I have been saying to Alejandro Agag and others within Formula E and Extreme E that we need a junior category for drivers entering the electric journey.
“I am delighted that we are involved in Formula G and that it creates two categories for drivers to specialise in this field. Formula 1 has Formula 2 and Formula 3 which is the proving ground for drivers graduating into the top echelon. To be successful in Formula 1 you need to be quick and have the fastest car. In electric motorsport you need to have a number of more complex skills as well; you need to be able to understand how to conserve energy and use the power intelligently. These are skills which can be learned in the Formula G series.”
Dominik Wilde
Dominik often jokes that he was born in the wrong country – a lover of NASCAR and IndyCar, he covered both in a past life as a junior at Autosport in the UK, but he’s spent most of his career to date covering the sliding and flying antics of the U.S.’ interpretation of rallycross. Rather fitting for a man that says he likes “seeing cars do what they’re not supposed to do”, previously worked for a car stunt show, and once even rolled a rally car with Travis Pastrana. He was also comprehensively beaten in a kart race by Sebastien Loeb once, but who hasn’t been?
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