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McLaren secure Formula E battery contract

McLaren Applied Technologies has been chosen to supply batteries to the Formula E electric car racing series in the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons, the governing International Automobile Federation (FIA) said on Wednesday. Season five, in 2018-19, is due to be a breakthrough for the series with the batteries developed sufficiently for drivers to complete a race with one car rather than having to pit and change mid-race as at present. The FIA said in a statement after a meeting of its World Motor Sport Council in Paris that it had decided to reduce the contract from three to two years due to the rapid development of battery technology. Williams Advanced Engineering, owned by McLaren's Formula...
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