Interestingly, Mercedes-Benz is interested in creating its own team rather than joining an existing one.

The Formula E is preparing to allow two new team entries for season five (up to a maximum of 12, from the current 10) and Mercedes has now reserved one of those two spots for the 2018/2019 season.

Joining in the fifth season is crucial, as the Formula E hints about a new, modified format for the series – with a single car put into action for the entire race; instead two cars, which are switched in the middle of the race (instead of battery swapping).

A suggestion of more independence between the teams in developing the cars, and of course the longer-range racers, is something we quite like to see as the event matures.

With Mercedes-Benz on-board, Formula E now becomes pretty crowded with OEMs (Audi, BMW, Citroen-DS, Faraday Future, Jaguar, Mahindra, NextEV, Renault, and more).