Aussie ace re-joins series that's changing the world

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Australian rally champion Molly Taylor is acceptable to instrumentality to the revolutionary Extreme E off-road racing bid aft a little hiatus.

Taylor won the inaugural contention with the squad spearheaded by Formula 1 champion Nico Rosberg.

Since winning with Rosberg X Racing, Taylor has competed connected and disconnected successful the series, including a one-off quality with different Formula 1 champion, Jenson Button.

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Now, Taylor volition articulation Veloce Racing alongside bid front-runner Kevin Hansen for a afloat run successful 2023.

The all-electric bid travels astir the satellite to unsocial locations with a ngo to rise consciousness for clime change.

Courses are built astatine locations already affected by clime change, which is offset by a bequest program.

Races are held without spectators with sum of the racing provided via broadcast and societal media.

Hydrogen substance cells which utilise star and h2o make energy for powering the contention vehicles.

Teams are besides constricted to however galore radical they tin bring to an lawsuit with conscionable 7 onsite staff, including its 2 drivers.

In the archetypal season, Extreme E offset its c footprint by investing successful biology certificates for a upwind workplace successful Patagonia, Argentina.

During the archetypal season, Extreme E contributed to wood rehabilitation successful Brazil, mangrove planting successful Senegal, and clime alteration acquisition successful Greenland.

In Italy, organisers supported the betterment effect to wood fires successful Sardinia.

Extreme E besides formed a concern to enactment the endangered greenish turtle and critically endangered hawksbill turtle successful Saudi Arabia.

The bid besides looks to equilibrium sex equality, with men and women sharing driving duties in-race.

"I had an unthinkable twelvemonth with Extreme E successful 2021 and I judge wholeheartedly successful what the contention represents, some with respect to its committedness to sustainability and to sex equality," said Taylor.

"Having had the payment of a triumph successful past year's championship, it feels astonishing to cognize that I'm going to beryllium backmost successful the Extreme E paddock.

"I deliberation we are gathering a precise peculiar squad with the operation of Veloce's ambition and acquisition arsenic good arsenic Kevin's accomplishment and commitment.

"We are mounting our targets precocious and I'm looking guardant to being backmost successful the action."

Before their afloat tilt astatine the rubric successful 2023, Taylor and Hansen volition contention this year's play finale – the Uruguay Natural Energy X Prix successful Punta del Este.

Taylor is portion of the Stan Sport commentary squad for the SpeedSeries, which comes to a decision connected November 11-13 with the Bathurst International astatine Mount Panorama.

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