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When does NASCAR allow electric vehicles?
thought bubble ^ | 3/5/2021 | Ed D

Posted on 03/05/2021 6:39:31 AM PST by Eddie01

Instead of a refuel, it's a battery pack change depending on race length.

No noise.

No shifting.

Super fast.

Just a random Friday thought.

Forget the politics, just talking about the sport and engineering.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Sports; Travel
KEYWORDS: beer; car; nascar; racing
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To: Pollard
> Autonomous too? A tech race. Musk should start something like that.

Let's just take this to its logical conclusion and replace everything with virtual cars racing against AI drivers in on cyber-racetracks !

21 posted on 03/05/2021 6:51:48 AM PST by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING !)
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To: nascarnation

I remember that one. Bummer.


22 posted on 03/05/2021 6:52:30 AM PST by W. (Autocorrect must die! How do I kill it?!)
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To: oldbill

Don’t forget the beer concessions, can’t give that up either.


23 posted on 03/05/2021 6:52:46 AM PST by Eddie01
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To: W.

Racing was wide open then, you could show up with any crazy idea and give it a whirl. The turbine car was four wheel drive also.


24 posted on 03/05/2021 6:55:03 AM PST by nascarnation
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To: Eddie01

I compare it to turbine cars at Indy.


25 posted on 03/05/2021 6:55:06 AM PST by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: SecondAmendment

Can’t drop the beer concessions and pretty girls. Introduce betting?

Cars have to be real. Boobs not so much. It’s a great business model, don’t you thing?


26 posted on 03/05/2021 6:55:09 AM PST by Eddie01
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To: Eddie01

Formula E drivers make about three times what normal drivers make. It is also lame based on the same qualities the article refers to as virtues. Engine noise, shifting, etc. Soon the only place you can drive gas guzzling fire breathing monsters will be a racetrack.


27 posted on 03/05/2021 6:56:18 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: Eddie01

No noise?

I guess you haven’t seen any of the Formula E races - the noise is insane, and the speed is certainly there as well.


28 posted on 03/05/2021 6:58:56 AM PST by larrytown (i like pie)
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To: I cannot think of a name

I tried to watch this video on Hulu, but only got about ten minutes into it.

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/and-we-go-green-formula-e-documentary-trailer/

Formula E


29 posted on 03/05/2021 6:59:12 AM PST by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: SecondAmendment

“...Let’s just take this to its logical conclusion and replace everything with virtual cars racing against AI drivers in on cyber-racetracks!...”

With the current crop of NOOSECAR management, nothing would be surprising.


30 posted on 03/05/2021 6:59:20 AM PST by lgjhn23 (Pray for America....)
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To: Eddie01

They can put baseball cards in the rims.....................


31 posted on 03/05/2021 7:00:31 AM PST by Red Badger ("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
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To: Eddie01

I remember working in a warehouse back in the late 70’s where we used to hold impromptu electric forklift races. The idea was to race the forklift down an obstacle course while carrying a loaded pallet. The last task was to lift the pallet and place it on a top tier of the racking system. Best time won.

It was awesome until one guy crashed into a row of shelving.


32 posted on 03/05/2021 7:00:39 AM PST by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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To: Bernard
They will also need electric garage door openers that don’t have manual open pulls.

How would they generate 'fake hate' cases then so they can show how woke they are at headquarters?

33 posted on 03/05/2021 7:01:01 AM PST by PAR35
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To: larrytown

Silent racing....
Who will provide the entertaining background soundtrack?


34 posted on 03/05/2021 7:01:14 AM PST by gathersnomoss (I know nothing, NOTHING!)
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To: nascarnation

Yep, no more these days. Kinda crimps innovation.


35 posted on 03/05/2021 7:01:47 AM PST by W. (Autocorrect must die! How do I kill it?!)
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To: nascarnation

36 posted on 03/05/2021 7:02:43 AM PST by Red Badger ("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
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To: Eddie01

With Greta Thunberg behind the wheel!
I’d watch hoping for a giant smash-up.


37 posted on 03/05/2021 7:03:15 AM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: larrytown

Let’s be honest...Formula E wouldn’t exist if not for the virtue signalling of the Euro manufacturers.


38 posted on 03/05/2021 7:03:32 AM PST by nascarnation
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To: Eddie01

Yeah. I forgot about that. I loved those rides.


39 posted on 03/05/2021 7:04:07 AM PST by HighSierra5
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To: Eddie01

I expect that it will be a lot like the idea of electric airplanes. Just enough energy to get you airborne and probably kill you. Race cars would be “refueling” every handful of laps at those speeds.


40 posted on 03/05/2021 7:04:24 AM PST by MountainWalker
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