clean vehicles, with the screech of tires and the whirling of electric turbines replacing the whine of engines. The EV Cup claims to be the world’s first racing series that exclusively features zero-emission electric vehicles. The EV Cup was originally scheduled to kick off its first season in the U.K. at Silverstone on August 6, 2011, but it will now start in the United States in November. The series will launch with two race events in California, at Laguna Seca in November and at Auto Club Speedway in December. The organizers hope to begin the full series back in Europe by early 2012.

“The EV world is developing extremely quickly with technical advances happening almost on a daily basis,” said Sylvain Filippi, managing director of the EV Cup. “TheTHERE was a collective groan when Hawthorn sent promising key forward Mitch Lewis back to the VFL after Hawthorn's latest loss to Brisbane in round 11.

The #SwitchtoMitch social media war cry had to be temporarily shelved, too.

Lewis had kicked two goals and hauled in three contested marks that night against the Lions, in just his eighth career AFL game. So what was the problem?

Mitch Lewis is seen as Jarryd Roughead's successor at Hawthorn. Picture: AFL Photos



According to coach Alastair Clarkson, it was "a whole host of things", including his running patterns.

Lewis' competitiveness – a trait AFL recruiters constantly scrutinise when analysing key-position prospects – is also believed to have been among the reasons.

The 20-year-old, also a highly talented golfer, spent a month out of the senior side and