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Stuart Stone

Stuart Stone

06 July 2026 • 9 min read

Credit: ABB FIA Formula E World Championship

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Credit: ABB FIA Formula E World Championship

Xavier Mestelan Pinon, the FIA's chief technical and safety officer, explains how the next iteration of Formula E's car allows automakers more freedom to implement in-house clean technologies

BusinessGreen Intelligence: What problem does your technology or innovation solve, and how? Xavier Mestelan Pinon: The GEN4 Formula E car is the culmination of a host of innovations since the championship's...

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