#ICYMI - The Electrifying World of Formula E

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🗓️ 3 August 2018

⏱️ 50 minutes

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In case you missed this episode on the Playing with Science channel… Race down the track with hosts Gary O’Reilly and Chuck Nice as they explore the electrifying world of Formula E alongside DS Virgin Racing driver Sam Bird, adventure journalist Jim Clash, and Williams Advanced Engineering Technical Director Paul McNamara. Batteries Included. NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can watch or listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://www.startalkradio.net/all-access/the-electrifying-world-of-formula-e/ Photo Credit: Shivraj Gohil, courtesy of DS Virgin Racing.

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0:00.0	I'm Gary O'Reilly.
0:10.0	I'm Chutneyes.
0:11.0	This is playing with science.
0:15.0	Yes, it is.
0:16.0	Imagine you are driving down a street in New York.
0:20.0	Paris or even Berlin.
0:22.0	But you're doing 140 miles an hour.
0:25.0	Oh, yeah.
0:26.0	And you're accelerating north to 60 in less than three seconds.
0:29.0	And here's the kicker.
0:30.0	You're not using a single drop of gas.
0:33.0	Oh, my God, that sounds like a dream.
0:35.0	That's because you, my friends, have gone electric.
0:38.0	Formula E has been tearing it up since 2014 with such illustrious names as
0:43.0	PK and Pros behind the wheel and Renault and Audi.
0:47.0	Fielding teams along with BMW Mercedes and Porsche all joining in the next two years.
0:55.0	Exciting.
0:56.0	And to give us the view from behind the wheel is DS Virgin Racing Sam Bird.
1:02.0	Seriously, you're going to love this interview and it's coming up very, very shortly.
1:06.0	What he is racing today, you will be driving tomorrow.
1:11.0	Isn't that the great thing about this sport is the fact that all of the technological
1:16.0	advancements that are being made will eventually be found in our cars very shortly.
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