Formula E signs Drayson Racing as first team for 2014 FIA Formula E http://www.theengineer.co.uk/news/drayson-confirms-participation-in-formula-e-electric-racing/1015159.article [image] Drayson confirms participation in Formula E electric racing 10 Jan 2013
[image http://www.theengineer.co.uk/Pictures/web/h/a/z/mclaren-chosen-to-supply-electric-motors-for-formula-e-51783-_728.jpg The initial Formula E customer cars will be based on this Formulec prototype http://www.theengineer.co.uk/Pictures/web/o/f/g/TE_Lola_Drayso_387.jpg The Drayson B12/69EV prototype car will act as a test-bed for Qualcomm’s charging technologies ] Electric racing pioneer Drayson Racing Technologies (DRT) has become the first team to confirm its participation in Formula E, the all-electric motor-racing competition set to begin next year. Owned by former UK science minister Lord Paul Drayson, the team will initially compete with a car supplied by the series promoter, Formula E Holdings (FEH), but aims to develop its own drivetrain for subsequent years. Formula E will operate as a series of 10 races on city circuits involving 10 teams, starting next May; Rio de Janeiro and Rome have confirmed that they will host races. Speaking at yesterday’s Low Carbon Motorsport Conference in Birmingham, FEH chairman Alejandro Agag said that more venues will be announced shortly. FEH has purchased 42 cars from a consortium including McLaren, which is developing a drivetrain, and Spark Racing Technologies; four of these will be supplied to each team. DRT will help test the car during 2013. Initially, all the teams will use these cars, but will be encouraged to develop their own motors, control systems and energy storage for subsequent seasons. Electronics and inductive charging specialist Qualcomm is to sponsor DRT’s Formula E team, and will also develop its Halo wireless electric vehicle charging technology with the company, using the Drayson B12/69EV prototype electric racer unveiled last year. Drayson also intends an attempt on the electric land speed record in the car this year. ‘We are hugely excited about the prospect of competing in the opening season of Formula E,’ said Drayson. ‘We aim to be one of the front-runners from the start.’ DRT works closely with YASA Motors, the Oxford-based company that develops compact wheel-hub motors, and may include this technology on its future Formula E cars. The Engineer will publish an in-depth report on the engineering developments of Formula E later this month. [© 2012 Centaur Media] http://green.autoblog.com/2013/01/12/formula-e-signs-drayson-racing-as-first-team-for-2014-fia-formul/ Formula E signs Drayson Racing as first team for 2014 FIA Formula E By Danny King Jan 12 2013 [image http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2013/01/formulae.jpg Formula E racecar video http://youtube.com/watch?v=toBves0BenA Lord Paul Drayson talks about the new Drayson Racing Formula E Team canalformulae Jan 10, 2013 Interview to Lord Paul Drayson about the new Drayson Racing Formula E Team. For more info: http://formula-e-news.com/ @FIAFormulaE ] And they're off! UK-based Drayson Racing Technologies is the first team to commit to Formula E Holdings's plans to run an all-electric Formula One-style racing circuit starting next year. Drayson, which will be one of 10 teams that are expected to compete in the circuit, plans to devote two drivers to the circuit and is "talking to a number of the world's leading racing drivers." While the cars are being developed by Spark and McLaren, Drayson may start building its own cars by 2015. The standard car will be an updated version of the Formulec EF01 electric-racing prototype first shown at the 2010 Paris Motor Show. That prototype was said to have a 155-mile-per-hour top speed and a 0-to-60 acceleration time of three seconds. Formula E plan to hold 10 road races during the first full year of the circuit and said last month that the first race as part of the series will take place in Rome, with street demonstrations expected to start later this year ... [© 2013 AOL All rights reserved] 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: Could Aluminum lighten-up the EV Industry? EVLN: CarCharging managing Walgreens EVSE EVLN: Tesla's straight-to-consumer marketing EVLN: UK EV drivers wanted for Durham U. off-grid research project + EVLN: Lower-cost Leaf S-trim {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Drayson-in-Formula-E-electric-racing-tp4660578.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)
