ABB New York City E-Prix to showcase e-mobility
The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship returns to New York City for the fourth time on July 10 and 11.
The New York E-Prix at the Red Hook Circuit in Brooklyn features Kiwi drivers Mitch Evans (fifth in the driver standings) in the Jaguar Racing team and Nick Cassidy (14th) with Envision Virgin Racing.
The 2.32km course combines high-speed turns, straightaways and hairpins to create a thrilling street circuit, testing the 24 drivers.
ABB’s title partnership of the New York City E-Prix builds on its existing title partnership of the all-electric FIA World Championship and will be promoted across the city, including on billboards in Times Square where a Formula E car will also be taking to the streets in the run-up to the races.
Formula E racing then moves to London on July 24 and 25, and Berlin on August 14 and 15.
“The US is ABB’s largest market, where we have 20,000 employees across all 50 states,” ABB chief communications and sustainability officer Theodor Swedjemark says, adding ABB has been investing more than US$14 billion in plant expansions, greenfield development, and acquisitions to accelerate the adoption of e-mobility and electrification.
“Our involvement in the ABB New York City E-Prix is more than a race, it is an opportunity to test and develop e-technologies that will accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy, create well-paying American jobs, spur innovation, and mitigate the impacts of climate change.”
ABB EV infrastructure North America director Bob Stojanovic says it’s working on developing megawatt-scale charging solutions for heavy vehicles, ensuring open standards to promote interoperability, and future-proofing technologies to meet every mobility application.
During 10 years, ABB has deployed more than 3000 DC fast chargers in the US and provided transit and fleet charging systems to several US cities including Portland, Los Angeles, and St Louis.
ABB entered the e-mobility market in 2010, and today has sold more than 400,000 EV chargers across more than 85 markets; more than 20,000 DC fast chargers and 380,000 AC chargers.
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