Mouser-Backed DS PENSKE Formula E Team Rolls into South Africa for Cape Town E-Prix

February 22, 2023 – Mouser Electronics, Inc., the New Product Introduction (NPI) leader™ empowering innovation, will be cheering on the DS Penske Formula E racing team in Cape Town, South Africa, for round 5 of the 2022-23 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. The February 25 race will be Formula E's debut in South Africa and the first major open-wheel Sub-Saharan race since 1993.

The track will wind its way through Cape Town's Green Point and Waterfront districts, with the flowing lines of this new street circuit expected to be one of the fastest on the Season 9 calendar and a true test for the all-new 350kW Gen3 E-TENSE FE23. Team drivers for the Cape Town race are Season 8 Champion Stoffel Vandoorne and two-time Formula E Champion Jean-Éric Vergne, fresh off his first-place win in Hyderabad, India.

Mouser is supporting the DS PENSKE team for the globe-trekking 2022–23 season, in collaboration with TTI, Inc. and valued manufacturers Molex and KYOCERA AVX. Mouser and Molex have been partnering to sponsor Formula E racing since 2015.

Formula E is an international, fully electric street racing series that brings the latest innovations in electric vehicles and alternative energy solutions to the world's major city centers by creating a motorsport experience that will excite generations to embrace clean energy for a cleaner, faster future. Using the very latest technology, the DS Performance Team has stretched the boundaries of efficiency and performance with the DS E-TENSE powertrain and software. Racing is all about speed and endurance, and racing sponsorships are an innovative way for Mouser to communicate its performance-driven business model and promote the newest technologies from its manufacturer partners.

To learn more about the Mouser-backed DS PENSKE Formula E team and view the Formula E schedule, visit https://www.mouser.com/formula-e/.