The Stellantis boss took two laps of the Monaco circuit at the wheel of the new DS E-Tense Performance concept, opening the Formula E Grand Prix.
This Saturday, April 30, the fourth round of the 2022 Formula E world championship was held on the Monaco circuit. A championship in which the French brand has invested since its inception and took advantage of the Monegasque meeting to run its new DS E-Tense Performance concept for the first time in public. It was Carlos Tavares, the boss-pilot of Stellantis, who slipped behind the wheel of this 815 hp strong electric concept.
At the end of his two laps of the circuit, Carlos Tavares confided to L’argus to be impressed by the lateral grip and the power available without delay of the DS Performance concept. “It’s all the more impressive that here in Monaco we skim the rails very closely and that the car is very agile thanks to its torque vectoring and its very low center of gravity”he added.
A veritable laboratory announcing the content of future electric cars in the DS range, this concept is equipped with two motors (350 kW at the rear and 250 kW at the front), four-wheel drive and technologies derived from experience. of the brand in Formula E. This is the case, for example, of the Saft battery manufactured at Total Energie, which is equipped with an innovative chemistry and cooling system for better efficiency.
On the sporting level of Formula E, the victory of the Belgian driver Stoffel Vandoorme (Mercedes) should be remembered from this Monegasque weekend. The French driver of the DS team, Jean-Eric Vergne, climbs on the third step of the podium and his teammate Félix da Costa ranks fifth. DS is this year in the top teams to win a championship which it has won twice.
