Formula E was founded on the promise that electric cars could race in cities where no other series could go. The GEN4 car is proof the technology worked. It is also, by implication of the 2026-2027 calendar, proof that the streets couldn't keep up with it.

Fred Lambert walked into one hall at the 2026 Beijing Auto Show and found more EV models than exist in the entire US market. There are seventeen halls. This is what the end of American auto dominance looks like when it's still moving slowly enough to pretend it isn't.