Michael Andretti of Amlin Andretti Formula E team, in front of a racing simulator at CES 2016.
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Racing legend Michael Andretti gets behind electric vehicle Formula E races

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The Andretti family has been racing for generations. So it’s a big deal that Michael Andretti, a retired auto racing legend and son of the famous Mario Andretti, has thrown his weight behind racing electric cars.

Andretti’s racing team, Amlin Andretti, is one of ten original teams recruited by Fia Formula E Championship to create a race car circuit based on electric cars. The first season began with a race in Beijing in September 2014, and it ended in its tenth city in London in June 2015. The idea is to develop technologies for electric vehicles and promote clean energy and sustainability.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.