The Formula E electric racing car, the Spark-Renault SRT_01E, at the Bloomberg Energy conference in New York

The Formula E electric racing car — the Spark-Renault SRT_01E — was on display at the Bloomberg Energy conference in New York on Monday, just the second time that it’s been shown off in the U.S. For those not following the FIA’s first all-electric auto racing series, it will kick off this September with races in 10 major city centers, starting with Beijing and ending up in London, and will feature an hour-long race with these new electric race cars.

Car racing has a long history of pushing the bar forward with the latest in transportation technology because of the extreme conditions (high performance and power and strict rules) and Formula E will likely do the same, CEO Alejandro Agag said in an interview at the event Monday. I’ve learned about this positive benefit of…