An all electric Formula 1 style car.

Kptlt. Neuerburg · 01-07-14, 08:12 PM

Spark Racing Technologies debuted an all electric Formula 1 style car in Las Vegas, this new type of electric race car can reach speeds of 150 mph. Of course the challenge is that the Formula E cars need to be recharged about every 25 minutes.

Links :http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/rac...-las-vegas.ap/ http://www.fiaformulae.com/
Video:http://news.msn.com/videos/?ap=True&...om=en-us_msnhp

Herr-Berbunch · 01-08-14, 04:23 AM

Formula E has been on my radar for a while now, all ten teams are announced but only about eight drivers.

Should make for an interesting series, but will miss the emotions from the noisy engines screaming by.

Schroeder · 01-08-14, 05:51 AM

I think the sound will be the main problem. From our primal days we still connect noisy things with power and strength. The car in the video sounded like an RC toy for children and didn't command this feeling of respect and power as a real F1 car does. I'm afraid it will flop with the masses.

Jimbuna · 01-08-14, 06:13 AM

Should certainly find its own niche in the future but I doubt it will ever overtake (no pun intended) F1 in popularity.

mapuc · 01-08-14, 11:04 AM

The inventors of this E-car did they know that MIT have developed a new kind of batteries that can withhold up to 1000 times more capacity than a ordinary batteries

Does they also know that a young Japanese student in engineering have developed a method, so you can charged a battery in about 1 Minuit.

Markus

AVGWarhawk · 01-08-14, 11:13 AM

I'll take one.

http://www.eperformance.com/car/rimac_concept_one.html

I can see a F1 series with E cars as the only entrants.

MH · 01-08-14, 12:33 PM

Possibly a good way to promote E cars too.

Wolferz · 01-08-14, 01:24 PM

The driver in the video was good at doing donuts.

That's not racing.

The only drawback with electric cars is that pedestrians can't hear them coming. Need a big loud speaker pumping out the sound of a tank coming down the road.

01-07-14, 08:12 PM	#1
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Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Formula E has been on my radar for a while now, all ten teams are announced but only about eight drivers. Should make for an interesting series, but will miss the emotions from the noisy engines screaming by. __________________

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Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	I think the sound will be the main problem. From our primal days we still connect noisy things with power and strength. The car in the video sounded like an RC toy for children and didn't command this feeling of respect and power as a real F1 car does. I'm afraid it will flop with the masses. __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

01-08-14, 06:13 AM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Should certainly find its own niche in the future but I doubt it will ever overtake (no pun intended) F1 in popularity. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I'll take one. http://www.eperformance.com/car/rimac_concept_one.html I can see a F1 series with E cars as the only entrants. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,535 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	The inventors of this E-car did they know that MIT have developed a new kind of batteries that can withhold up to 1000 times more capacity than a ordinary batteries Does they also know that a young Japanese student in engineering have developed a method, so you can charged a battery in about 1 Minuit. Markus

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MH Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,184 Downloads: 248 Uploads: 0	Possibly a good way to promote E cars too.

01-08-14, 01:24 PM	#8
Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	The driver in the video was good at doing donuts. That's not racing. The only drawback with electric cars is that pedestrians can't hear them coming. Need a big loud speaker pumping out the sound of a tank coming down the road. __________________ Tomorrow never comes