They might lack the crowd-pleasing scream of Formula One rockets or thunder of Nascar stockers, but the “e-prix” races on the Formula E circuit suggest that electric cars can provide plenty of wheel-to-wheel action .

Thanks to the absence of that gasoline-fueled roar, the racecars and their electric motors are welcome on city streets, where they have whirred and whined in Marrakesh and Monaco, Paris and Berlin, and beyond. This weekend, for the season finale, they will zip through the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, and a champion will be crowned.

At this season’s seventh event for the ABB F.I.A. Formula E Championship, contested on the streets of Rome in April, a Jaguar driven by Mitch Evans of New Zealand was running second to the machine of Techeetah, an independent team. Near the end of the race, Mr. Evans maneuvered to within inches of the leader before pulling alongside, touching briefly, then slipping quietly by for a win.

The cars, loosely resembling the open-wheel cars of Formula One and IndyCar racing, are engineered for speed, but their components have much in common with electric passenger cars. In fact, some Formula E technology was lifted directly from production electric vehicles, and some will undoubtedly find its way into tomorrow’s electric sedans.