Jean Todt, the FIA President, has indicated that they are working with the European Commission to create a Championship for electric cars. Do not rule out a competition style of formula one to be held in the most important circuits on the planet.
In an interview with the Financial Times, Todt confirmed that a working group between the FIA and the European Commission has been created to study this matter. The ringleader is the former Director of BMW, Burkhard Goeschel. The most optimistic plans place its beginning in 2013, a date which is around the corner and that makes it clear that the project is serious.
This is the opinion of Jean Todt in this regard:
In an interview with the Financial Times, Todt confirmed that a working group between the FIA and the European Commission has been created to study this matter. The ringleader is the former Director of BMW, Burkhard Goeschel. The most optimistic plans place its beginning in 2013, a date which is around the corner and that makes it clear that the project is serious.This is the opinion of Jean Todt in this regard:
We have new categories with new energies as soon as possible. If we can do it across the globe, we will do so. The teams are only interested in improving the benefits because they want to win. Manufacturers have a strong interest in new technologies, something that is not so obvious in the competition because it costs money and research and does not improve performance.The Commissioner of the European industry of automobile, Antonio Tajani, in favour of pushing for change:
One of the priorities of my mandate is to give a boost to the conversion of the European automotive industry.
