OREANDA-NEWS. September 13, 2013. DHL has announced a multiyear global partnership with the FIA Formula E Championship, the world’s first fully-electric car racing series beginning in September 2014.

The new Championship features single-seater open-wheel cars powered exclusively by electric energy. The announcement was made in conjunction with the unveiling ceremony of the official Spark-Renault SRT_01E Formula E car at the International Motorshow in Frankfurt (IAA) on September 10, 2013. As the logistics supplier and a Founding Partner of Formula E, DHL was responsible for the transportation of the vehicle from Paris to Frankfurt.

“The FIA Formula E Championship is much more than just another motorsports series,” said Ken Allen, CEO DHL Express. “It provides a global platform for promoting sustainability and the future of mobility, addressing one of the world’s most pressing challenges. As a pioneer in developing environmentally friendly logistics solutions, DHL is committed to the same future as Formula E. With our global environmental protection program GoGreen, we have already started to integrate e-mobility into our business. Now, we are proud to be embarking on this journey of further discovery and innovation together with the FIA Formula E Championship.”

“As the first official activity in support of Formula E, DHL Global Forwarding, Freight transported two of the Spark-Renault SRT_01E single-seaters from Paris-based Spark Racing Technology, who have designed and built the new zero emission racer, to the revealing ceremony at IAA in Frankfurt,” said Roger Crook, CEO DHL Global Forwarding, Freight. “All emissions created by this transportation will be offset via investments in DHL’s GoGreen portfolio of certified international climate protection projects.”