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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This should make for leisurely pit stops since it will take 30 minutes to recharge.
They could save a lot of time by switching.
Instead of the Coca-Cola 600 they could have the Coca-Cola 6.
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Not surprising since NOOSECAR went woke & racist w/Bubba
NASCAR Debuts Electric Car
Slot car fad returns wonder if they have a lottery who gets to use the controllers.
EV tires wear out about 30% faster than other tires. They also cost more and they shed chemical pollution at a higher rate than regular tires. The heavier cars also cause more road wear.
Electric traction motors have their function in vehicles of all types. It is HOW the electricity is provided that is the hang-up, Battery power alone is a technological dead-end, and even an ICE-driven power generator, which perhaps is more efficient than the mechanical transfer of the engine rotation through a series of gears and shafts, has only limited amount of power it can transmit at any one moment.
What could be engineered, is a very small modular nuclear reactor, whose purpose is to generate heat. The heat would be used to drive a small steam turbine, on a closed circuit, which spins a generator at varying speeds to increase or decrease the power driving the traction motors.
Or go right straight to hydrogen fuel cells. But the technology on all of that is still far off from practical application.
Face it.... NASCAR is toast. Just waiting for inevitable pileup in turn 3 where several EV’s burst into flames and consume the racetrack along with multiple spectators. Sheesh.
I’d say this is a put up or shut up deal. Go ahead, put an EV out there. If it can compete against ICE then fine. Don’t change standards or rules, have it compete and see what happens (hopefully not a massive uncontrollable fireball).
I don’t care to own an EV, it doesn’t make sense for my use case. But, a lot of R&D can happen on a competitive race track, and could help evolve the product. Or not.
The same thing in the infield at AIR Atlanta.
It’s probably AMS Atlanta...
We are one NASCAR wreck away from the EV industry’s Hindenburg moment...
Not quite just like. See above...
NASCAR will probably mandate self-driving cars, too, so no worries there.
I used to go to many of the nascar races and A.J. and I shared the same marina for a time. So, I went to the races some and am qualified, a little, to comment on them.
Regarding nascar, over hours and hours, I dozed off....even with 30 racecars making an incredible racket. Watching EV’s silently fly around the track, I’m sure I would lapse into a coma.
The left #1 targets are always what are perceived to be traditional institutions. Many have been corrupted. NASCAR is one for sure.
I went to a Formula 3 race many years ago. The race was like a basketball or football game. There was a halftime event to allow for refueling, tire changes and routine maintenance on the cars.
To your point, not just short races (as in fewer miles, say 100 miles), but on short track races, perhaps EV's would excel at that. Again, the zippy acceleration utilized when coming out of curves.
Of course, NASCAR would just figure out a way to implement an EV version of restrictor plates in the name of "equity" or whatever. LOL
Thanks for the info. Was the “halftime” in the Formula 3 race the only break the drivers took? Or where there many pit stops mid-race including the halftime?
I attempted to watch an EV Formula something race recently and it was unwatchable.
I did not leave it on long enough to figure out if the high pitched shrieking were the engines, tires or both but it was annoying.
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