Photo Credit:Fair Use [17 U.S.C. § 107] Battery charging pitstops will now be a feature in coming race season

EV Quick-Charge Pit Stops Take Formula E Open-Wheel Racing to Next Level

03 Apr 2025 | Abstracted from Autoweek

"...one of its biggest - or at least most visible - leaps forward on the tech side with its Pit Boost, fast-charging technology...a quick-charge technology where a 30-second charge of a 600 kW boost during a minimum 34-second pit stop will give the open-wheel race cars a 10% charge of 3.85 kW of energy... company behind the latest energy boost for Formula E is Fortescue Zero...plan calls for it to be used only on Formula E doubleheader weekends."

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