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Sure, Formula 1 is trying to introduce fuel-savings technologies in the coming years, starting with the KERS system that is currently being tested. Will we ever see the day when electric F1 cars are whizzing past gawking spectators across the world with the top drivers at the helm? Could be, but it’s not in the directly foreseeable future. Current F1 driver Giancarlo Fisichella is now a certified “Ambassador of the Electric.” We have visions of the Force, India driver getting down on one knee and being awarded his new title, like a Knight. Probably didn’t go down like that, but it’s the picture in our heads anyway. The Force India team apparently has two Vectrix electric scooters that it uses when the insane speed of its F1 cars isn’t required. Now, Fisichella has one of his own, as the company has given him one as part of his new role.

It seems that racing drivers have taken a liking to the electric Vectrix scooter. According to the manufacturer, Eddie Jordan, Damon Hill and Adrian Sutil all ride their own, though we’re not sure that these racers have actually been Knighted proclaimed “Official Electric Ambassadors.”

[Source: Vectrix]

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