Cant understand why they only tested it with 1/4 power.
Still all coming together. Just need to announce the last three teams.
Because they don't have the full size battery pack yet.
Anyhoo, it already does doughnuts without breaking a sweat.................
Can I be you? Seriously, if Williams asked me to go work for them for free, I would seriously consider doing it.Williams Advanced Engineering are doing the battery, I work for F1 mainly but also do R&D work for all parts of the company.
Is it 1/4 power? I was a bit confused by the video. At the beginning they said the battery was only 1/4 of the size of the race battery, and at the end Di Grassi said they had 1/4 of the power and torque. But they aren't the same thing are they?
each cell has a max discharge rate and i doubt a 1/4 pack could actually provide the needed discharge for full power.
Yes it's the same thing. Think of the battery pack as if it's the fuel and the engine, because it has to provide the electrical power for the motor. If it's only got a 1/4 of the 200kw max power the Formula E official specs say, then that's your limiting factor. Like having a 1/4 engine size. Of course the motor, and it's power electronics, has to be capable of converting that electrical power into mechanical power but that's another issue altogether!
There's a huge amount of new prototype tech in this car, so running it at limited power to begin with is a very sensible choice IMO.
You wouldn't need to do anything to the motors, just reduce the power given to them.
I expect its a 1/4 pack delivering 1/4 power. Ie throttle recalibrated to 1/4 to maximise running time and save the cells by not discharging above there rated discharge rate.
Nov 28 (Reuters) - Mahindra Racing will join the new Formula E electric racing series starting next year as the eighth, and only Indian, team, the Mumbai-based Mahindra Group said on Thursday.
The $16.2-billion multinational group said it had signed an agreement with Formula E Holdings to join the series starting in China in September, with races in 10 leading cities including Berlin.
"We strongly believe that Formula E can provide an excellent global showcase for our electric vehicle technology," group chairman and managing director Anand Mahindra said in a statement.
The group, which manufactures Mahindra Reva electric vehicles, said joining Formula E was a "natural step".