Formula E — officially the FIA Formula E World Championship — is the world's only all-electric single-seater racing series, and the FIA's sole all-electric world championship. It was conceived in 2011 and held its first race in Beijing in September 2014, launching the inaugural 2014–15 season. Since 2020–21 it has carried full FIA World Championship status — the first single-seater series outside Formula 1 to earn it.
Today the grid runs spec Gen3 Evo cars: all-wheel drive, and, per the FIA, the fastest-accelerating single-seaters it has ever homologated. Instead of permanent race tracks, Formula E races almost entirely on temporary street circuits laid out on closed public roads in the centre of major cities — from Monaco to São Paulo and London — bringing the racing to the fans.
Each race is called an E-Prix, and events are usually held over a single day. Electric-era quirks set the series apart from petrol-powered racing, most famously Attack Mode: a driver-armed burst of extra power, collected by steering off the racing line through a marked activation zone.