The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship return to the Big Apple this Saturday and Sunday with the New York City E-Prix on the streets of the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn.
This is the fifth time the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship run in the city New Yorka favorite of drivers, teams and fans.
The 2,320km, 14-turn circuit remains unchanged from its usual layout, with the iconic urban landscape of the Lower Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty as a backdrop.
The circuit winds around the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, in the heart of the Red Hook neighborhood in Brooklyn. Encased in unforgiving concrete, it’s a real test for pilots and engineers alike.
The pilots had to negotiate an activation zone of the ATTACK MODE revised last year and will face the same thing again with the loop moving from the exit of Turn 5 to the outside of Turn 10.
the british pilot Sam Bird (Jaguar TCS Racing) is the most successful broker in the Brooklyn Street Circuitwith three victories to his credit, including a spectacular double in the first visit of the Formula E to the city.
The city of New York A goal of net zero carbon emissions has been set for 2050, with an 85% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by the same date compared to 1990 levels enshrined in the law.
To get it, New York is investing $3.9 billion in 67 large-scale renewable energy projects across the state that will create more than 150,000 jobs.
The goal is for the state’s power to be 70% reliant on renewable sources by 2030, with 1,800 megawatts of wind power by 2024 and 1,700% growth in solar power since 2012. The program “EV Make Ready” envisions 850,000 zero-emission vehicles and 50,000 charging stations in the state by 2025.
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