# Formula E starting to have impact on electric car market

**URL:** <https://community.electricforum.com/t/formula-e-starting-to-have-impact-on-electric-car-market/6219>\
**Category:** EV Small Talk\
**Created:** [July 16, 2016, 5:51am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/formula-e-starting-to-have-impact-on-electric-car-market/6219 "2016-07-16T05:51:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Editor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/49beb7/32.png) [@Editor](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Editor)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 5:51am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/formula-e-starting-to-have-impact-on-electric-car-market/6219/1 "2016-07-16T05:51:53Z")

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When serial entrepreneur Richard Branson this week suggested that all vehicles will be electric powered by 2030 he was ridiculed in some quarters. While this may be something of an ambitious target, going from 0.1% of total car sales up to 100% in just 15 years, he does have some knowledge of developments in the […]

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**Author:** ![EvForum](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/evforum/32/322_2.png) [@EvForum](https://community.electricforum.com/u/EvForum)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 1:35pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/formula-e-starting-to-have-impact-on-electric-car-market/6219/2 "2016-07-18T13:35:18Z")

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This is the real commercial reason for both F1 and Formula E - to create a testing ground for future technology.