Roulette wheels were not the only things spinning in Las Vegas on Monday as the Spark-Renault SRT_01E made its first public demonstration run. The dynamic debut was organised in conjunction with the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), allowing technology fans an early glimpse of the electric racing car.
Brazilian racing driver Lucas di Grassi drove the car on the Las Vegas Strip before proceeding to Mandalay Bay to demonstrate the car's ability to do doughnuts.
Patrice Ratti, Renault Sport Technologies CEO, said: "Everybody at Renault is very proud that we were able to show the 100% electric Spark-Renault race car in driving conditions for a very tech-savvy crowd in Las Vegas. The work that has been done by all technical partners over the last few months has been fantastic and the car lives up to Renault's high competition standards. We are very happy about the result so far and our engineers will keep working with Spark, Dallara, McLaren, Williams and Michelin to further improve the Spark-Renault SRT_01E so that all teams can compete with an amazing 100% electric race car when the championship begins."
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Following the Spark-Renault SRT_01E's debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show last year the car made its first track run in November at the La Ferté Gaucher circuit. The Formula E championship starts in September with the first round in Beijing.