'Blue Planet meets the Dakar Rally': Electric off-road racing series to highlight climate threat

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A "radical" new global electric rally car competition has been unveiled by the organisers behind the Formula E electric racing championship, in a bid to showcase the latest low carbon vehicle technologies...

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