Ormond Beach is playing a role in the future of electric racing.
Two months ago, electrification and automation manufacturing company ABB and NASCAR announced the ABB NASCAR Electrification Innovation Partnership, which aims to explore high-performance electric racing and create opportunities for electrification in the sport, from race cars, infrastructures and STEM education. The partnership names ABB, which has two plants in Ormond Beach, as NASCAR’s official electrification partner.
And the companies’ recently new EV prototype — unveiled in July at the 2024 NASCAR Chicago Street Race and placed on display the Daytona Coke Zero Sugar 400 on Saturday, Aug. 24 — contains about 150 of ABB’s Ty-Rap cable ties, all made in Ormond Beach…