Electric Vehicle Racing

Cupra is preparing to get dirty in as clean a way as possible. Not only is its all-new Tavascan Extreme E Concept motivated by pure electric power, but it incorporates components and solutions designed to be flexible, adaptable and sustainable.

Audi has developed the range-extended electric rally car it will run in Dakar 2022. The 671-hp RS Q e-tron launches forward on dual electric axles and uses a turbo engine-generator to maintain drive power through gruelling off-road competition

"A racer partly driven like a car and partly flown like a fighter jet" – that's how Lotus describes the new E-R9. The futuristic Le Mans design study debuts as a sleek, aircraft-inspired race car with electric drive and fast-morphing body panels.

Two things we know about the GMC Hummer EV: it's electric and it's born for off-roading. GMC looks to emphasize both points by teaming up for an Extreme E bid. A Hummer EV-inspired racer will tackle off-road race courses from Greenland to Patagonia.

Looking over the dramatic, retro-inspired "hyperlux" curves of the Hispano Suiza Carmen, the very last word to come to mind is "off-road." But Hispano Suiza announced this week that it plans to go full speed ahead with Extreme E off-road racing.

An extremely odd project is planning to hold a remote-controlled car race next October ... On the surface of the Moon. What's more, the two racecars will be partially designed by high school kids, and McLaren P1 designer Frank Stephenson is involved.

On a mission to obliterate preconceptions of what electric cars are, Ford adds the Mustang Mach-E 1400 to its garage of insanely powered experimental EVs. With seven motors and 1,400 hp, the 1400 shows Ford won't settle for boring electric cars.

Last year's Leaf overhaul delivered a huge range bump, more power and more torque than the all electric vehicle that preceded it. Nissan treated the world's best-selling electric car to a sporty makeover in July of this year, and has now revealed a powerful track variant called the Nismo RC.​

Nodding at the past while looking into the future, Chevy presents the eCOPO Camaro at SEMA 2018. Fifty years after the introduction of the original COPO Camaro, it takes the high-performance Camaro electric, dropping in a plug-and-play motor for more than 700 hp and 600 lb-ft of torque.

After a superb performance in qualifying, we thought the battery-powered Volkswagen had a good chance at beating the electric record at Pikes Peak. Turns out Romain Dumas and the VW team had their sights set even higher.

​Back in February, Electric GT Holdings Inc. confirmed that its Electric Production Car Series racing series had been sanctioned by the FIA. Now the first stripped down, race-ready Tesla P100DL has been delivered to a team in Barcelona, Spain – ahead of the race series debut in November.​

The power of electric motoring is on rude display at Pikes Peak again this year, with Volkswagen's 680-hp (507-kW) I.D. R setting a blistering qualifying time, 11 seconds clear of any other competitor, with reigning champion Romaine Dumas at the wheel.