Extreme E has officially unveiled its third season sustainability report as part of its commitment to demonstrating the positive impact of the series.
According to the report, by continuing to race the series’ ODYSSEY 21 electric off-road vehicles and harnessing solar and green hydrogen energy, the racing series maintained its carbon neutral status and reduced its overall carbon footprint by 8.2%.
In doing so, EY teams calculated that 8,301 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2-e) were emitted, compared to 9,045 tCO2-e in season 2, despite the fact that teams traveled greater distances and double races were held at each X Prix.
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“Our latest Sustainability Report with EY represents those efforts, with strong progress once again on our sustainability and legacy initiatives to deliver world championship racing with minimal environmental impact,” commented Alejandro Agag, Extreme E founder and CEO.
Sustainability Breakthroughs for Extreme E
The aforementioned achievement is supported by Extreme E’s race site infrastructure that operates on fully renewable energy through the use of green hydrogen at remote locations, generated by ENOWA’s hydrogen fuel cell system.
In addition, the series implemented waste management procedures, collaborated with regional suppliers, and procured food and beverages locally for each X Prix race event. On the other hand, the performance gap between men and women in season 3 has decreased by an average of 51% since season 1, with an average gap now only 1.5 seconds.
In this way, Extreme E continues to maintain a key objective of accelerating gender equality, with each race team comprising one female and one male driver, and almost 50% female representation across its workforce.
Finally, such commitment is further reflected in the series’ viewership, with a split of 66% male and 34% female viewers, compared to 71% and 29% respectively last season.
