Posted on 04/18/2019 1:09:46 AM PDT by zeestephen
The BMW iFE.18 was launched in Sept. 2018. Driver António Félix da Costa took third place with the car last month at the Sanya E-Prix in southern China — his third podium of the season. [Formula E started in 2014. It is an all-electric street racing series that includes nine manufacturers, including Jaguar, Nissan, BMW, Audi, DS and Mahindra]
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It’s going to be hard to get excited about silent racing.
Dunno. Beats losing your hearing.
Races are over in something like 50 minutes.
“Marking a new era of Formula E, the 2018/19 season sees the radical Gen2 car make its debut on the city streets for the very first time. With double the energy storage capacity of the Gen1 car, the Gen2 racers can go the whole race distance, making mid-race car swaps a thing of the past but also demonstrating the progress made in all-electric mobility. With 250kW of power, the Gen2 will accelerate from 0-100km/h in 2.8-seconds and go on to a top speed of 280km/h.”
Yeah, I wouldn’t expect they’d subject fans to 45 minute recharging pit stops.
That’s a hot looking car but stay out of parking lots with speed bumps......
“...stay out of parking lots with speed bumps......”
Also not easy to ‘make out’ in.
Nope, just doesn't have the same excitement not unless its going to sound like the Death Star firing up to blast Alderan.
I've seen some Formula E racing. It's kind of like slot cars with tire squeal.
At my age I'm only concerned about trunk space for groceries and golf clubs. And there appears to be none........LOL!
In Formula E, each driver has two identical cars, and they must pit mid-race and switch cars.
Halfway through a race, drivers switch over to a fresh car. Edge of your seat stuff.
Pit crew wearing shorts and t-shirts. No worries about a fire.
Don't the pit crews run out with big cans of electrons to pour into the cars' fuel tanks?
Of course, supercharged cars never need to stop.
...or any road in Pennsylvania.
This just isn’t right, yes it reminds Me of giant toy electric slot cars. Last season they had to do the car swap in mid-race. This season they don’t.
They added a Booster Charge location on the Tracks this season I guess it’s the equivalent of F1 DRS, INDYCAR Push to Pass or NUTSCAR minus the Restrictor Plates and NUTSCAR not changing THE Rules every 2 hours. Anyway it gives the FE Car a Quick Charge while driving over it.
The QUALIFYING is beyond complicated and goofy and a Fan Vote is involved for QUALIFYING...?
Also notice the lack of excessive hustle. I believe that in Formula E, there is a mandatory 30 second minimum for each pit stop.
Cool, I haven’t seen any of the races this season. I didn’t know that they no longer have the mid-race car swap.
“...the Gen2 will accelerate from 0-100km/h in 2.8-seconds and go on to a top speed of 280km/h.”
There’ll come a time when a car’s acceleration won’t be talked about in seconds.
It’ll be in G’s.
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