Formula E Gen4 will move from mid-cycle evo updates to WEC-style jokers

Formula E has a very serious new race car coming next year, and rather than punish development mistakes for years as the championship has done so far, it has come up with a more flexible upgrade system that should also make seasons a bit spicier.

Previous generations of Formula E rules have only allowed completely new homologations for mid-rule-cycle Evo updates to the whole platform. Now, instead, the series will give each team allotments of development tokens for specific systems that they can deploy as needed for joker upgrades. This is not only less expensive than having to develop and homologate whole new cars while suffering with the flaws of the current one until the Evo, it means teams will be bringing different updates at different times, which will inject some surprise into the field.