When Racing Gets Plugged In…

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Formula E has been knocking down problem after problem since it started racing eight years ago. Open wheeled electric racing started off needing two cars to get each driver to the end of a race. The batteries were that bad. But technology has…

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Electrification isn’t Coming. It’s Here!

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. That buzz you hear is electrification taking over motorsport. The NHRA just announced a sportsman class for electric vehicles. A former world rallycross star is diving into the electric vehicle class in that series hoping to become the category’s first world champion. The…

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Electrifying Used Car Sale!

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. The people at Formula E are selling their first generation electric race cars. And, for you cynics, there’s no extension cord or toaster for buying one. You probably laughed when word of the championship was announced in 2011. These full-sized RC cars weren’t…

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The Formula E Drumbeat

This is the Statt Mann Baby. It’s time to Scatt a little bit. Last week on Earth Day officials at the private company Formula E Holdings came to Los Angeles to thump the publicity drum for global Formula E racing. The open-wheel series will make 10 stops around the world in its inaugural year with…