TXkee3kP11b9iCxQNaAzgCv06fcYr0PwaUyv0L0R

How electric car racing could one day objection the sight of Formula One

2016 electric cars,


When manufacturers are chasing sales and more and more customers are plugging in, is the writing on the wall for F1? 


2016 electric cars | Motor racing's most glamorous occurrence, the Formula One Grand Prix in the glittering levy sanctuary of Monaco is just around the corner. It is 67 years since drivers firstly made on the famed, twisty roads through the principality on the south coast of France, but is age starting to creep up on the F1 scene?

Since the earliest Olympic Games, racing has been used to advance rotated vehicle. It was in the Tethrippon and Keles occurrences in Ancient Greece that chariots were developed and the numbers of mares, foals and mules adjusted to provide optimum influence and control. Centuries later, in 1899, the French Renault brethren was known that city-to-city racing could help rein the very different horsepower of their new combustion-engined cars.

Today we use many F1 technologies on the road. Ferrari's semi-automatic gearbox and the" flappy paddle" communications are now standard in many road gondolas. Shell and Total developed friction-reducing fuel additives, and tyres made by Goodyear, Michelin, Bridgestone and Pirelli have all were part of F1 research. Williams Advanced Engineering generated information and communication technologies behind the Kinetic Energy Recovery System( KERS) to be found in Volvo's C3 0 Electric road car, and the BMW i3 electric metropoli car be the first time that to be constructed from carbon fibre-reinforced plastic, a proficiency pioneered in F1 by McLaren.


But while F1 has driven innovation that has obliged it to the car showroom, there is a likelihood there is an opportunity drop off by failing to embrace the key evolving veer in road car technologies. Could Formula E( FE ), the fully electric vehicle street racing competition, be brought to an end being more relevant to the world's major motor manufacturers?


2016 electric cars,


Urban planning


This year, FE had its own race in Monaco, a fortnight before F1 arrived. According to Jean Todt, President of the Federation Internationale de L'Automobile( FIA ), FE is the perfect showcase for new electrical vehicle engineerings; a space to introduce the spotlight on clean instrument engineering, especially in cities and towns.

It is in those urban settings that pollution is a major problem. Oslo banned diesel superhighway cars for two days to combat rising airborne pollutants, while the Norwegian government intends to ban sales of fossil fuel-based cars by 2025.

Others have same goals. India is considering a enlist report recommending that all vehicles "mustve been" electrical by 2032. China, where pollution in major cities can be ravaging, is most important electrical vehicle market in "the worlds". It's most well known electric car label BYD Auto sold 507,000 cars last year and GAC Motor, another of China's large-scale engine makes, intends to build 200,000 vehicles per year. Unsurprisingly, Alejandro Agag, founder and CEO of FE wants to expand the championship into China.

Agag recognised that the automobile industry's focus on electrical vehicles offered a different direction to most motor sports. He would appear to be right. FE already has an impressive line-up of the contributions makes, many of which have been familiar reputations in F1. 


2016 electric cars,


Brand awareness


FE cars currently use artilleries supplied by Williams Advanced Engineering, a subsidiary of the Williams F1 Team. The Renault e.dams team has allowed the label to demonstrate its FE pedigree with the all-electric Trezor concept car, which was one of the stars of the 2016 Paris Motor Show. McLaren Applied Technology will equip all the championship's new artilleries from 2018. Jaguar, which was formerly in F1, has backed FE's Panasonic Jaguar Racing team to showcase its future range of electric cars.

Other makes, including current world F1 championship winning team Mercedes-Benz, are assembling FE soon and even Ferrari, a cornerstone of F1 since the World Championship started, is said to be interested.

BMW, which used to have a foremost point in F1, attained" Official Vehicle Partner" status by equipping electrical practicality vehicles for FE, including security cars, medical and assist cars and government officials recovery car. BMW will get further involved on track in the actual racing where reference is connects the FE grid in 2018 with the Andretti Team.

In 2017, Audi, which could have gone to F1, altogether realigned its motor sport strategy after being reigning in sports car racing. It became involved in FE with a factory-backed commitment to the Abt Schaeffler Audi Sport team. This fits Audi's business strategy to grew new electrical vehicles, particularly aimed at the Chinese market.

You might wonder why headline-grabbing US car maker Tesla hasn't dipped its toe into FE. Well, Elon Musk's firm has pictured its Tesla Model S version P8 5+ prefer as the base car for the world's first Electric GT Championship, which starts in a few months time.

So is F1 missing out? Surely not financially. At the moment, the budgetary resources involved in F1 continue much greater, but that should not be taken for granted if engine makes continue to start ship. The item must really been drawn that FE is captivating major business for whom electrical engineering is becoming increasingly relevant, to the disservice of both F1 and the Indycar Series.

It does seem unlikely that Formula E, as it stands, is really compete with the activities of the decade of biography and glamour associated with the combustion-engine machismo of F1. But in 2020, the FIA's F1 instrument governs are due to change and biography shows that to vindicates the significant asset, this will probably have to be for at least five seasons. The current 1.6 liter V6 600 horsepower hybrid turbo petrol locomotives, that gained an added 160 horsepower from their electrical convalescence systems, will be consigned to the scrap heap.

Will the FIA choose another hybrid engine configuration for F1 or could it too go in a more electrical tack? Perhaps a path might even be laid for a amply electrical F1 in later years. In all such cases, the FIA's choice will be vital for the future of both F1 and FE. It will likewise be a strong signal of the pace of change which will prescribe the types of cars we will all end up driving- to the stores, in China, Norway and beyond.

Source : independent.co.uk

Related Posts

Post a Comment