Si tenés en cuenta que la carrera se hizo sin gastar una sola gota de combustible, eso es bastante asombroso, aunque no te garantiza que se haga una buena carrera. Ya vimos que los autos pese a las limitaciones de potencia, permiten hacer sobrepasos. Si prost no lo hubiera chocado, Heidfield lo hubiera pasado sin dudas, ya estaba a la par.
El tema como siempre con los coches eléctricos son las baterías. Hay que hacer battery swap, o podrían meter algo abajo de la pista que recargue los autos cuando pasan por arriba.
Después si es por el motor, hay autos eléctricos que se hicieron con un motor por rueda, muchos caballos, cada motor puede ir a un regimen distinto y doblan como si fuera una scalextric. Pero claro, en manejo deportivo la batería no te va a durar mucho que digamos.
Acá hay una nota donde hablan de las baterías en la formula e, hay varios párrafos bastante interesantes:
http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2014 ... ttery.aspx
Formula 1 race teams are essentially high-speed prototypers, quickly designing, testing and building new components that evolve the performance of the F1 car from race to race. However, the contract with Formula E is to produce a component that is 100 per cent consistent from one team to the next, and more over, one that is as powerful at the end of season two as it was at the start of season one. (tienen que durar 2 años, porque es lo que van a durar los autos, luego los cambiarían)
When the FIA was creating the rulebook for Formula E it was decided that the battery safety cell would form part of the car’s structure, and that rather than changing batteries, for the sake of safety, the drivers would change cars instead.
But what about changing batteries? Could it be done if the rules were written differently? “It would be quite an interesting technical challenge,” admits Campling, “we had a solution in Formula 1 that allowed the battery to be dropped out and plugged straight back in again with all the fluid and electrical solutions made and broken in a single incidence, so it is feasible for sure.”
With the cars able to travel the world, the next step is to take electrical racing into the centre of some of the world’s biggest, and most polluted, cities. By creating an exciting spectacle, Formula E aims to change the perception of electric cars and promote their usage.
Campling fully endorses with this philosophy: “I think the advantage of what we’re doing is that it’s creating a groundswell of interest and a reason for accelerated development. The more public interest there is in EV vehicles in general, the more the major manufacturers with bigger budgets are going to spend on developing their products.”
But Tur reckons there will be a more tangible legacy from the technological frontiers Formula E is pushing through.
“There are a number of areas that Formula E will be pushing on: storage density – having more energy within the same weight – and charging times, and also the increased life. At the end of the day, with the additional power performance you can always have more life by trading the power. In these areas we will start pushing technology.
“For an example we have seen this in Formula 1. When Formula 1 started using KERS, immediately we saw power density increases in battery levels. And I believe that as we move on in the seasons we will see the FIA regulations push for improved energy densities in the batteries [in Formula E]. We will reach the point where we can very quickly charge the batteries and run long race durations.”
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