Mercedes and Porsche have both recently announced that they are going to become involved in Formula E in 2019.  This decision comes because both companies want to be involved in the technical development of electrical systems, while also benefiting from the green image that Formula E likes to portray. The fact that Formula E is currently economically unsustainable and has a very small audience is not deemed to be important. The two German companies will join Renault, Audi, DS, Mahindra, Jaguar, BMW, China's NIO, which is developing a drive-train for the NextEV team, Venturi which is working a power unit from Germany's ZF and Penske, which is to provide motors for the Faraday...
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