Racing is good for accelerating acceptance and that's a good thing, but it really isn't necessary (or shouldn't be). The typical examples trotted out are the rear view mirror (really? we had to go racing to figure that out?) and disc brakes, which were actually just adapted from aircraft.
Still, I'm all for it if that gets us EVs quicker. I have to disagree strongly about running EVs in longer races though. There is no reason you couldn't swap out a racing pack in little more time than a typical fuel stop. Give the problem to the racers. You'll be amazed at the solutions. Chris LeSled is for sale! http://WWW.evalbum.com/274 On Feb 25, 2013 7:32 AM, "brucedp5" <[email protected]> wrote: > > There’s no way to go at it any differently > > http://www.torquenews.com/1079/racing-electric-cars-will-make-them-cool > [image] Racing Electric Cars Will Make Them Cool > By Nicolas Zart 02/17/2013 > > [image > > http://www.torquenews.com/sites/default/files/image-1079/%5Btitle-raw%5D/LolaDraysonB1269EV_0.jpg > Electric racing cars are ready, now where are you? > ] > > Racing has allowed expensive technologies to find its way into our daily > lives. Racing helps mature and develop new technologies, electric car > racing > will have the same benefits. > > There’s no way to go at it any differently, this new electric propulsion > system will get a chunk of the heart of the population when it races them. > If you think about it, racing has always played an essential role in the > automotive world that sees new technology first tested on the racetrack > before making it into our daily drivers. > > Fast, Speed, Range? The problem with racing electric cars is that none of > the current races fit what these new cars can do. We cannot see just yet an > electric Formula One car race duking it out for hours with the current > state > of technology that would limit such duels to a few lapses with long > recharge > time out. Of course there are different races we must create, the hardest > part if winning the people over to it. > > Getting People To Try Something New. If you’re a sports fan, you’ll know > how > far you’ll go for your favorite team. Racing is no different, but what > needs > to happen with racing electric vehicles is that people don’t expect a > rematch of what the gasoline world does right now. In essence, people need > to be intrigued about racing an electric car in ways that doesn’t remind > them of what they’re used to, so they don’t ask for it either. > > Endurance racing cannot happen at this stage since current electric cars > don’t have the range and endurance, at least for the next few years. If > funds were found to laden entire racetracks with wireless inductive > chargers, electric car race would become a more palpable and feasible > event. > In the meantime, smaller Formula types of races should happen, although > hill > climbs and other rally race sanction event should allow electric cars. > After > all, distance is never a problem on these racetracks. > > Racing a standard one-seater or two for prototypes is a tricky proposition > for ether types in this new world. Racing will accredit electric cars in > the > eyes of the world when they finally see the incredible torque delivery an > electric motor has. > [© 2013 torquenews.com ] > > > > > For all EVLN posts use: > > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date > > Here are today's archive-only EV posts: > > EVLN: Plug-in Electric Car Sales in Canada For January 2013 > EVLN: Electric Vehicles Are Selling Quite Well! > EVLN: Polaris donates 2 GEM nEVs to the Minnesota Zoo > EVLN: Sydney fleet replacing hevs with extremely cost-effective EVs > EVLN: Lithium-Vanadium-Phosphate creates “supercharged” batteries > + > EVLN: Will we ever see an electric Golf? VW Is Still Testing r:~70mi > > > {brucedp.150m.com} > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Electric-car-racing-helps-mature-and-develop-new-technologies-tp4661514.html > Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130225/97178842/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
