Extreme E is now three seasons into its ambitious journey of taking electric motorsport out of the city, into the wild.
Created by Formula E architect, Alejandro Agag, the championship’s aim is to highlight the destructive impacts of climate change by staging short off-road races in affected environments such as Greenland, Senegal and Chile. Stars such as Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg lend their support to entries, while established teams like Andretti Autosport, McLaren and Chip Ganassi Racing compete.
Although Extreme E is a spec series where the motor, inverter, battery, chassis, along with a number of other components, are tightly controlled to keep costs down, it hasn’t been exempted from technical evolution.
The Odyssey 21 of today is a tougher, more reliable beast than the Odyssey 21 of three years ago. The developments that have taken place in that time have laid the groundwork for a platform on which Extreme E can test hydrogen fuel cell capabilities ahead of its next big leap.
The original racer was publicly unveiled in July 2019, and raced for the first time in the sand dunes of north west Saudi Arabia less than two years later. The inaugural championship consisted of five X-Prix events on four continents.
Despite the success of launching a series during the
