原文连结：
https://electrek.co/2017/03/21/bmw-all-electric-formula-e-season/
原文内容：
BMW announces plans to enter the all-electric Formula E in season 5
The Formula E, an all-electric racing championship, has been gaining a
lot of credibility over the last few year with several serious automotive
companies, like Renault, Citroen, Mahindra, Jaguar, and Audi already
involved in the championship, as well as a few newcomers like NextEV and
Faraday Future.
BMW Motorsport has also been involved through its backing of the MS Amlin
Andretti team, but now the German automaker is announcing its intention
to enter the season 5 of the racing series with its own team now that it
has been approved as a manufacturer.
While Formula E teams were forced to use the same vehicles in the first
seasons, they are now allowed to modify the electric motors, inverter,
and transmission. Approved manufacturers with teams in the 2018-2019
season will be able to tweak their vehicles and it will not be only about
the drivers and race management anymore.
The Formula has announced 9 approved manufacturers:
ABT Formel E
BMW AG
DS Automobiles
Jaguar Land Rover
Mahindra Racing
NextEV NIO
Penske Autosport
Renault
Venturi Automobiles
BMW is the latest major automaker to join the series, but it was already
involved, again through the MS Amlin Andretti team, but also with its
electric vehicles acting as safety car (BMW i8) and medical car (BMW i3)
– pictured above.
BMW Motorsport Director Jens Marquardt commented on the announcement:
“Since its inaugural season, Formula E has enjoyed rapid development and
is now regarded as a high-level racing series. BMW i has contributed
actively as Official Vehicle Partner from the word go and has left its
mark on the series. Other manufacturers have now followed suit. Everyone
involved is delighted to be taking steps to get involved on the sporting
and technological side of Formula E. Planning is underway to compete with
a works team in season 5. This required our registration as a
manufacturer. This was completed by the required deadline.”
He confirmed that Andretti will still be involved with the new BMW team.
While they will be able to develop their own powertrain for season 5,
they will all use the same chassis, which will be new starting also from
season 5. Spark Racing Technologies, the engineering firm behind the new
chassis, recently released the fist images of the concept for the
next-gen all-electric race car.
As for the current season, it continues in Mexico City on April 1st with
5 more races until the final race of the season in Montreal in July.
心得/说明：
BMW终于要回归Formula了! 只不过不是Formula One，而是参加新的Formula E
自从2009年脱离F1后，其实有蛮多人都在期待BMW能够再度投入顶级的赛事
这次BMW会加入Formula E应该也是看好未来电动车的发展
要参加Formula E的车厂越来越多，大咖也越来越多
16-17年是第三赛季，参加的车队有：
DS Virgin Racing
NextEV NIO
Venturi Formula E Team
Faraday Future Dragon Racing
Renault e.Dams
ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport
Mahindra Racing Formula E Team
Panasonic Jaguar Racing
Techeetah
MS Amlin Andretti