The Swedish motorsports series STCC, which is run only with electric cars, began last year. But the series is already being permanently cancelled.
STCC, the Swedish motorsport series for electric cars, is permanently cancelled after just one year.
The decision marks a significant setback for electric motorsport in Sweden and calls into question whether electric cars even have a future in motorsport.
The series, which sought to establish itself as a leading platform for electric motorsport, has faced significant challenges since its electrification in 2024.
After short-circuiting its first season with fully electric cars in 2024, the STCC has announced that the 2025 season will be cancelled.
The Swedish Motorsport Association has cited insufficient participation, financial difficulties and uncertainty about the long-term sustainability of the series as the reason for the decision. The previous promoter has also stepped down.
Electric car races may be permanently canceled
– We have examined the conditions for STCC 2025, but have realized that there is not enough time to make 2025 as good as a Racing Championship deserves.
– Therefore, we are instead aiming for the championship to come back stronger in 2026, says Anna Nordkvist, CEO of Swedish Motorsport.
One of the biggest challenges has been securing a sufficient number of participating cars. Of the 12 planned cars in the field, half would come from a single team, Exion Racing.
The team's team manager, Kevin Engman, agrees that the series will be canceled. At least this year.
– As a team, we naturally think it is sad that STCC has been put on hold in 2025. But we fully understand the decision given the economy and the world situation, which have left their clear mark.
PWR Group, a central actor in the electric car conversion of the STCC, also supports the decision to cancel the 2025 season.
"Putting the championship on hold is a difficult but necessary decision to ensure a sustainable and long-term future," says Micke Jansson, CEO of PWR Group.
The future of STCC and electric motorsport is now uncertain. Swedish Motorsport has announced that they will develop a new strategy to revive the series in 2026.
But it is still unclear whether they will succeed. Many are unsure whether STCC will actually be resurrected, or whether it is the end of electric cars in motorsport on the other side of the Øresund.
The STCC people are not the only ones pulling out when it comes to electric cars. In April last year, an organizer withdrew from the World Rallycross Championship because electric cars were being used.
The audience simply disappeared because, according to the organizer, the series is not exciting enough. But Formula E cannot really attract an interested audience either.
Despite what the international motorsport organization FIA calls record-high viewership, interest in the electric formula class Formula E has waned.
If you ask former Formula 1 driver Robert Kubica, there's not much to electric formula cars.
– For me, a race car should make noise.
– I have a bit of a mantra. It might not be good to say in public. But… (driving an electric race car, ed.) is a bit like having sex with an inflatable doll, says Kubica in an episode of the podcast Gurulandia. Read more about it here .
