It’s a sign of just how far electric vehicles have come that even a sport better known for its adherence to tradition is entertaining embracing the technology – even if, for now, the new car is just a prototype. In some ways, it looks like what you’d expect from
executives insist they have no plans to turn away from fuel-burning power any time soon. “The combustion engine is our core product, and that will remain so for the coming future,” said Riley Nelson, ’s current gasoline-powered race cars. Some passionate wants to make it very clear that gasoline-burning race cars are in no immediate danger of extinction. This is also an opportunity to open minds to what could be something exciting in the future.
introduced a broader initiative last year to reduce its overall net carbon emissions to zero by 2035. Racing itself represents only a small part of the organization’s overall carbon emissions, said Nelson. For now, most of that initiative has to do with reducing emissions from office space, transportation and operations at the 15