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What is Extreme E? – 1# Ultimate beginners guide to Extreme E

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Extreme E is a high intensity off-road racing championship consisting of specially designed fully electric, battery powered SUV’s. The races are held in extreme, remote locations around the world with the debut race taking place on 3 rd April 2021 in the Alula desert in Saudi Arabia. Photo by LAT Images). Saturday 03 April 2021.

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Extreme E tackles tough terrain, promotes sustainable racing

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The carbon footprint is as small as practical: there are no spectators, and the cars and teams travel on a specially greened-up ship. Extreme E invests in local environmental projects at each site, and buys carbon offsets to compensate for what emissions it cannot avoid. The all-terrain, all-electric Odyssey 21. The green ship St.

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IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

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Without a bold change of policy direction, the IEA warned at the launch, the world will lock itself into an insecure, inefficient and high-carbon energy system. The largest increase in oil production comes from Iraq, followed by Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Kazakhstan and Canada. —WEO 2011.

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