Channel: BBC Newsbeat

Category: Sports

Tags: electric technologymotorsportracinggreen technologynelson piquet jrformula 1sienna millercar racingsam birdmotor sportcarsalex lynnpetrol headformulaejaguar racingvernon kayorlando bloomrichard bransonformula eidris elbads virgin

Description: How is Formula E Racing helping us to make the shift towards electric cars? Idris Elba, Sienna Miller, Orlando Bloom and Sir Richard Branson have their say. Newsbeat Reporter Ellie Roper follows team DS Virgin Racing, as driver Alex Lynn takes his first year behind the wheel. Ten teams travel the world to compete on street tracks in some of the coolest cities. From Marrakesh to Montreal, it's all electric and it's all supposed to be environmentally friendly. Ellie finds out how the technological advances made on the race track, are directly being applied to the consumer vehicles we'll all soon be buying.