Posted on 07/10/2024 12:23:13 PM PDT by CFW
NASCAR debuted what it claims is the future of racing, its electric ABB NASCAR EV Prototype, at the Chicago Street Race event on Saturday, but fans were not impressed.
The vehicle was developed in partnership with Chevrolet, Ford, Toyota, and electric vehicle (EV) developer ABB, all in an effort to reach NASCAR’s “sustainability” goals. One of those goals is to reach “net-zero” operating emissions in the next ten years, the racing organization said in its press release:
While NASCAR is committed to the historic role of the combustion engine in racing, it is also committed to decarbonizing its operations and reducing its own carbon footprint to zero across its core operations by 2035 through electrification and innovative solutions.
Many fans, though, were not all that interested in NASCAR going electric and did not support the organization’s X post announcing the prototype racer.
“The day this hits the track I’m done,” one X user said in disgust.
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Depends...
Is that the new sponsor of the Joe Biden car? That's more interesting that Mark Martin's Viagra sponsor. LOL
It’s interesting watching long-established sports exterminating themselves by disrespecting their fans in order to pander to people who don’t care about these sports and will never watch them. Organizational suicide.
It has been long enough that I don’t remember about routine pit stops. I would assume they had them. That said, the race I attended was called after the racing field piled up in a hairpin curve during the second segment of the race..
“ I attempted to watch an EV Formula something race recently and it was unwatchable.”
Same - completely and utterly unwatchable. They had to stop and change to different cars before the batteries ran out. I won’t miss watching that crap
It is like Disney with Indians Jones and Star Wars.
Just another bud light moment, when will they learn.
Maybe the cars can sound like George Jetson’s flying car.
Hey! Look at the bright side, the crashes will be biblical.
“Nobody wants to sit in the stands and watch silent EVs circle the track.”
I agree. That continuous whine/whoosh is less than entertaining.
For some reason the road track e-formula racing isn’t quite as bad. Still no cool ICE sounds, but the continual acceleration aand braking (I forget if they use regenerative braking) keeps your interest a little better..
“Maybe they can develop a net zero racecar that runs on pure Ethanol”
Indy cars. I guess the organization is a bit coy about the ingredients post 2023 but the largest proportion is ethanol derived from sugar cane waste and the mix no longer contains any gasoline.
What could go wrong? With a crash and the resulting inextinguishable thermite-like fire consuming the track surface . . . these races would end spectacularly.
The Noosecar e-car drivers will be wearing chaps without pants underneath.
EVs in NASCAR are inevitable. They are faster and more reliable. It’s just a matter of time until the batteries can last, and that is coming sooner rather than later.
Sorry, just the facts. It’s got nothing to do with politics or wokeness. EVs are faster, and accelerate quicker.
Indeed. methinks they haven't thought this through. That's not even taking into account the fact that you'll have hours of charger time just to make it through the race.
I didn’t attend this race, but this were the pileup happened.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3m-VJ1ZZ3w
Amazing this young lady survived.
The old Village People would have liked that.
Wow! If I’d been her I’d pooped my pants like Biden.
Ask tyco and Aroara and AFx about their tracks and how many they sold in the 60's and 70's..
it was very exciting watching those tiny cars hit 300 - scale - mph. I'm trying to figure out how they are going to put slots and rails in asphalt? Or are the cars gonna rub the wall all the way around the track?
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