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An electric car class was introduced in 2010. Not only are they bloody quick from a standing start, electric cars are going to be the future of the event. However, the class has been put on hold after an incident a couple of years ago - a lithium battery caught on fire and may still be burning somewhere... That focused attention on the specialist scrutineering, safety and fire-fighting issues that are unique to electric cars and their batteries. That is being worked on and the electric cars will be back when the infrastructure is in place.