EV Magazine March 2023 | Page 47

Opening up the floor to a new world of electrification , Rodi Basso , Co-Founder and CEO of E1 Series delves into the motorsport that he has so passionately developed in collaboration with Alejandro Agag — the Founder and CEO of Extreme E , Founder and Chairman of FIA Formula E and E1 Series — and in partnership with SeaBird Technologies .

This is a motorsport that will be covered later on in the year , however , Basso paints a great picture of the motorsport as an initiative to raise awareness of sustainability and climate issues affecting coastlines , and achieving buy-in from the relevant stakeholders to action those changes .

“ What is important for me to share with you is that we have much more beyond the sport ,” said Basso to the attendees at the event .

“ Wherever we race , we will leave behind the charging infrastructure . This will allow people to start thinking ‘ okay , I can buy an electric RIB , I can buy a leisure boat based on electric propulsion ’.”

“ Ours will be a simple contribution , but in a good direction .”

Through its Blue Action programme , supported by Carlos Duarte — the leading marine biologist and researcher in the world — that will allow E1 to drive progress towards more sustainable oceans .

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