New Delhi: Mahindra Racing announced its commitment as a manufacturer to the GEN4 era of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, which commences from the beginning of the 2026/27 season.
The news – announced on stage at a special unveiling of the team’s new Mahindra M12Electro in India – extends a strong, long-term relationship between the Indian manufacturer and the FIA’s all-electric racing series, stretching back to 2013, when Mahindra became a founding team in ABB FIA Formula E, and the first OEM to commit to the championship at its inception.
Mahindra Racing has since grown over the past 12 years to become of the standout names in ABB FIA Formula E, amassing five E-Prix victories, 29 podium finishes, 11 pole positions and over 1,000 championship points.
That journey is now set to continue until at least 2030, building on a transformative 18 months that has seen Mahindra Racing rise from the back of the grid to become regular podium contenders under CEO and Team Principal Frederic Bertrand.
At the heart of that was a revolutionised, re-designed car – the M11Electro – in which the team’s driver pairing of Nyck de Vries and Edoardo Mortara scored five podiums between them in Season 11, en route to a stellar fourth in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.
Today, the team also launched the M12Electro – it’s successor – the car with which the team intends to continue competing for regular podiums and retain a top-five position in the World Championship this season, cementing its status as ‘one to watch’ in the season ahead.
The vision as the team develops it’s GEN4 contender is clear – to keep building momentum, chase marginal gains and become an established contender for the World Championship in the near future, competing on a global stage against the likes of Porsche, Jaguar, Nissan and other blue-chip manufacturers.
The full technical specifications for GEN4 were recently revealed by the FIA and Formula E, and is once against a transformative step forward, in terms of both performance and technology. Fans are set to be electrified by the on-track action, with 450kw of peak race power, and a 600kw ATTACK MODE to enable powerful overtakes. The car also features 700kw of regenerative braking, and race energy capacity up to 55kWh to allow for bolder strategy calls.
The GEN4 will also have two aerodynamic configurations – high-downforce for qualifying, and low-downforce for race scenarios, and the construction process features 100% recyclable materials, advancing the championship’s position as the most sustainable form of motorsport worldwide, aligned to the Mahindra Group’s own bold sustainability initiatives.
It gives Mahindra Racing the opportunity to use ABB FIA Formula E – a place where sport, human ingenuity and cutting-edge technology intersect – as a platform to take learnings from the track into a wide range of markets.
Mahindra Racing’s performance on-track is fuelled by a desire to push the limits of innovation and technology and reinforced by an equally robust commitment to demonstrating excellence in sustainability.