The DS Automobiles name will exit Formula E at the end of the 2025-26 season as part of parent company Stellantis's "evolution in the series".

That "evolution" is set to involve Opel joining for the start of the championship's Gen4 era with a newly acquired licence.

The focus of the DS brand is instead being switched to golf and the SailGP catamaran racing series.

DS joined Formula E by partnering with Virgin Racing for the 2015-16 season, but is best known for its dominant championship wins with the now defunct Techeetah team in the late 2010s.

It won back-to-back teams' and drivers' titles first with Jean-Eric Vergne in the 2018-19 season (he'd clinched the previous season's title with Techeetah as well before DS came onboard) and then with Antonio Felix da Costa in the COVID-affected 2019-20.

DS's star has waned competitively in the Gen3 era that started in 2023, when it switched to partnering with Penske.

Just three victories - through Vergne, at the Hyderabad E-Prix in 2023, and Maximilian Guenther, who won twice last season - have been added from 53 attempts so far.

It is nevertheless recognised as one of the most successful entities in Formula E, with 18 wins, 55 podiums and 26 pole positions in total.

Opel's arrival is not a straight swap for DS's exit; it is operator Penske that holds the licence.

That impending entry and the creation of a second factory Porsche squad means the Formula E grid is therefore set to expand to 12 teams next season, with Penske also among them.

What form that Penske entry takes, however, is unclear; there is still a chance that it creates its own technical package for the Gen4 era, though another option would be for Penske to become a Mahindra customer.