Everything You Need To Know About the 12th Season of ABB Formula E

The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship – the pinnacle of electric motorsport – storms into its 12th season.

A grand total of 20 elite drivers from 10 teams will race the fastest-accelerating single-seaters on the planet for the title.

The new car looks tremendous, and it retains a lot of the elements we’ve come to know, including ATTACK MODE.

But there are also a few new features worth exploring.

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What keeps Formula E so intriguing

We’re in Dubai for the light show ahead of the 2025-2026 ABB FIA Formula E season and things look better than ever.

The first thing worth noting is that we’ve had 10 different winners in 11 seasons, which is one of the reasons people tune in to watch.

In other forms of motorsport you already who’s likely going to win, and who probably won’t.

But the beauty of ABB Formula E is that you never know.

Last year, Porsche snatched the Manufacturers’ title but lost the Drivers’ title to Nissan’s Oliver Rowland.

As per usual, all the pressure is on the reigning champion, and it’ll be up to to the other 19 to try and change the outcome.

We’ve got 10 teams.

Three (Andretti, CUPRA KIRO and of course Porsche) will be using the Porsche 99X Electric Gen 3, two (Jaguar TCS and Envision Racing) will be racing the Jaguar I-Type 7, and then we’ve got Nissan, DS Penske, Mahindra, Citroën, and Lola-Yamaha.

There will be 17 races, but ‘only’ 11 locations because several cities will host back-to-back races.

The season will start in São Paulo, Brazil, before moving on to Mexico and the US, in Miami.

This will conclude the American stint of the season, and teams will have two races in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia before traveling to Europe for five races, with one in Madrid, and two in Berlin and Monaco respectively.

China is next on the calendar with three races: Sanya, and two in Shanghai, followed by Tokyo, Japan and the season finale in London.

These are key technical features of these electric beasts

The first thing fans will be happy to know is that ATTACK MODE is still here, alive and kicking.

Drive will start the race on 60 percent of energy, but will be able to rely on ATTACK MODE for brief (and intense) energy boosts.

This season we’ll also have PIT BOOST for fast-charging.

With all-wheel drive in qualifying, Attack Mode and race starts, up to 600 kW of regenerative braking and 0-100KM/H in under two seconds, these cars remain the quickest-accelerating FIA single-seaters ever built.

The top speed is 200MPH, but that’s rarely achieved during the races because most (albeit not all) racetracks are street circuits.

The first race of the 2025-2026 ABB FIA Formula E season will take place in Sâo Paulo, Brazil on December 6, 2025.