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Dawn of motorsport's electric dream

The groundswell towards an all-electric version of Formula 1 is growing

21 September 2011

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Read more: Silent running: the price of a greener F1 car

“REMEMBER the futuristic hum the made in Star Wars Episode 1? That’s the kind of sound we want our electric racing cars to make.” So says the man who is building a fleet of cars for the , the world’s first racing championship for electric vehicles. If all goes to plan, it will kick off at the Mazda Raceway at Laguna Seca, California on 26 November.

Paul Faithfull of UK firm Westfield Sportscars is building the battery-powered iRacers. Tweaking…

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