"The purpose is to create a better, cleaner, safer future for mankind with innovation and technology. In general, people will naturally go for convenience and necessity, as well as the cheapest, best solution for them.
"So, we need to create technology that fills this gap and serves this purpose, then, the best option will be the most sustainable one – that’s the win-win situation to chase.”
Zero to FIA World Championship in six seasons
What started as nothing more than a shared dream between Formula E Founder Alejandro Agag and FIA President Jean Todt, sketched on the back of a napkin back in 2011, has developed into the fastest growing and most competitive motorsport series on the planet.
Ahead of the 2020/21 season, after six seasons of racing on the streets of the world's most progressive cities, Formula E gained World Championship status to become the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship - a move granted by the FIA, motorsport's governing body, back in December 2019.
“It was always our ambition to one day become an FIA World Championship. Everything we have done and delivered has been working towards this particular moment," said Formula E founder and chairman Alejandro Agag at the time.
"This truly puts Formula E in the top tier of international single-seater racing. It has been a tremendous effort from many people involved and none of it would have been possible without the support of FIA President Jean Todt and the federation, as well as the dedication and commitment shown by our teams and partners.

"Now we can say we have done it but it is only the beginning of a new chapter under the banner of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.”
“The creation and development of Formula E has been a great adventure. I am proud that today we confirm its FIA world championship status," added FIA President Jean Todt.
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"Since we started this journey, Formula E has undoubtedly gone from strength to strength. Within a short timeframe, the series has proven itself relevant for the automotive industry.
“The commitment and professionalism of those manufacturers and their respective teams is mirrored in the quality of the driver roster, which has improved with every season.”
The most competitive line-up in Formula E history
From Season 7, the most competitive line-up in motor racing will fight it out for the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship with 12 teams, including 10 manufacturer outfits, and 24 of the best drivers in world motorsport heading to the season-opener.
With five different champions and 17 different race winners in six seasons of Formula E to-date, the only thing that will be predictable in 2020/21 is unpredictability.

The official pre-season test in Valencia back in November gave us a glimpse of just how hotly-contested the forthcoming season is likely to be with the whole field separated by little more than three-quarters of a second during the final - and most competitive - session of the test.
To put an exact figure on it, all 24 runners lapped within just 0.761 seconds of one-another, and every driver save for Lucas di Grassi (Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler) was, incredibly, covered by little over half-a-second.
No Formula E pre-season test has has seen a tighter spread of times, even when the championship required all teams run standardised powertrains in the inaugural 2014/15 campaign.