Tire technology is just one example of how racing innovation serves
the general motoring public. Radial ply tires is one of many examples
of racing innovation contributing to advances used in every day
automobiles in this one technological area. There are countless other examples.
I will say that modern day racing has become specialized enough that
the contributions to technology advancement (for every day autos) is
minimal. However, EV racing is young enough that it is not that way,
yet. Future innovation in racing depends how the EV racing rules are written.
>>>> Pit stops <<<
Modern pit stops are on the order of seconds. Typically, they are in
the range of 3 to 4 seconds. (2.31 seconds is the record in Formula
one.) Refueling pit stops can take up to 12 seconds.
In Formula E, they are going to simply change cars. The driver gets
out and makes a dash to a freshly charged car.
Bill D
At 12:03 PM 2/25/2013, you wrote:
On 25 Feb 2013 at 13:02, Chris Tromley wrote:
> There is no reason you couldn't swap out a racing pack in little more
> time than a typical fuel stop.
They used to do that in the APS electrics races. I saw one in Cleveland
many years ago. It was a sight to behold. They used a total brute force
approach - a well trained crew, swarming over an EV, swapping batteries in
perhaps a minute or two.
David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
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