Joining with Mouser Electronics, Molex Incorporated will sponsor China Racing in an exciting new Formula E fully electric racing series.
The FIA Formula E Championship commenced on September 13, 2014 in Beijing, China where ten teams went head-to-head around the grounds of China's Olympic Stadium. Over the course of the championship, the teams will compete in the heart of ten of the world's cities, including Buenos Aires, Argentina; Long Beach, California; Monte Carlo, Monaco; and Berlin, Germany before ending in London, United Kingdom on June 27, 2015. China Racing Formula E Team will feature Dutch-Chinese racing driver Ho-Pin Tung, who has a long-term partnership with Mouser, as well as Nelson Piquet of Brazil.
“As a providers of electronic solutions, we feel this sponsorship provides Molex with the opportunity to illustrate its commitment to developing products that help advance the automotive industry,” said Mark Rettig, global marketing director, transportation business unit, Molex. “We have a long history of designing small footprint, high-performance interconnects that excel in heavy-duty powertrain and body-electronic applications, making our products ideal to address many of the challenges found in today’s evolving automotive applications.”
Some examples of Molex automotive solutions include the CMC Connection System, used in powertrain applications including engine-control units (ECU’s), compartment applications, gearboxes, electronic parking brakes and suspension controllers; MX150™ Sealed Connector System which supports low-level signal and power applications for on-engine automotive applications and Stac64™ connectors, which offer a diverse range of circuit sizes to address the growing electronic device requirements within today's vehicles.
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