The current LMP3 team is due to take delivery of its first Tesla Model S EGT P100D later this year, with the start of the first Electric GT season pushed back from late November to mid-2018 as it has awaited official FIA approval.

Electric GT announced the SPV Racing entry as a "multi-year" commitment to the series, the first for a production electric vehicle, with Spanish duo Alvaro Fontes and Javier Martinez named as "development drivers".

SPV Racing was formed through a partnership between Spirit Racing, owned by Lars GV Lindberg, and Raul Garcia's SPV Motorsport concern.

It is racing in the European Le Mans Series, with the aim of making its Le Mans 24 Hours debut in 2019.