King Charles III got up close and personal to the world of Formula E at a sustainability summit in London on Tuesday night.
The King viewed the car at Hampton Court Palace in London at a summit and was joined by CEOs and government representatives, which celebrated the five-year anniversary of His Majesty’s Sustainable Markets Initiative.
From the image posted on the Royal Family’s social media platforms, it appears that The King – a known and long-standing champion of environmental and sustainability issues – was being shown a display model of the FE GEN3 Evo car, as well as an example of the Pit Boost fast-charger, which made its debut at the Jeddah E-Prix last month.
This comes as FE announced Fortescue Zero as its official provider of Pit Boost.
A British company which deals in engineering with an environmental bent, Fortescue Zero is providing chargers which is capable of giving cars an extra 10 percent in a timeframe of 30 seconds.
The Pit Boost feature will return in Monaco in May, and will be present in all other double-header race weekends this season.
In a statement, Formula E’s CEO Jeff Dodds said: “The successful development and integration of Fortescue Zero’s Pit Boost technology has not only been a positive gamer-changer for the racing our fans can expect, but is one of the biggest new features introduced into world-motorsport in recent memory.
“Not only is it bringing huge new excitement to our race tracks, but allows the series and commercial partners to pioneer cutting edge technology that is directly relevant to road-going EV users.
“This new technology will have enormous real-world benefits and tangibly contributes to our overarching mission of accelerating the development and uptake of EVs around the world.”
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