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Nature and EnvironmentSenegal

Enhancing environmental awareness through e-racing

Peter Wozny | Robert Adé
October 22, 2021

Extreme E is a race for small electric-powered SUVs and it has come to Senegal. There it is showing off some of the most extreme regions in the world and bringing attention to drought, deforestation and emissions.

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