Formula E founder Alejandro Agag says Extreme E car launch is like seeing the birth of his child

ALEJANDRO AGAG says seeing the launch of the state of the art Extreme E SUV is like seeing the birth of his child.

The founder of Formula E's latest venture sees ambitious plans to race in five of the most unique and remote locations on Earth.

The race car, known as Odyssey 21, was unveiled at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Agag said: "The most exciting moment of my whole experience with Formula E, was the launch of the first car and seeing
it with my own eyes.

"At Goodwood, This is like going to see a baby being born.

"I think what will blow people's minds is the locations of where we are going to race."

The car can go from 0-60mph in just 4.5 seconds and will be able to perform in severe weather conditions.

The vehicle will be powered by British technology - with the battery being provided by Williams and the power-train
being created by McLaren.

Agag revealed that three of the five locations have been discovered, after expressing his desire to race in the Arctic,
Himalayas, Amazon, Sahara and the Indian Ocean Islands.

The championship aims to use racing as way to help raise awareness of climate change and the damage which has been caused around the world.

The championship has attracted a lot of attention with 25 different teams signing letters of intent to join.

But with the championship being housed on a boat, there's is only room for 12 teams, as the cars, engineers and drivers
will live on a ship called the St Helena for the entirety of the series.

The series, which is due to start in 2021, was set to be shown in documentary form after the championship, but recently Agag announced Fox will show the action live too.