next gen GT cars may still be "ICE" (Porsche and Audi enter F1!)
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Big ones for me is the weight (killer if you actually track a car) and the fact that EVs are at least currently heavily designed for the video game set as opposed to drivers. Porsche could address the latter, but the tech doesn't exist to address the former without abysmal range.
Big ones for me is the weight (killer if you actually track a car) and the fact that EVs are at least currently heavily designed for the video game set as opposed to drivers. Porsche could address the latter, but the tech doesn't exist to address the former without abysmal range.
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Larry Cable (05-04-2022)
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Audi hasn't announced the nature of their involvement, but I I don't think they will enter as a team. It's probably half a billion or more to establish the infrastructure and hire staff, and the anti-dilution clause in F1's agreement means that there is an entry fee of several hundred million for a new constructor. Can't see VAG authorizing that kind of money. More than likely that they will join up with another team like Porsche is rumoured to be doing with Red Bull Powertrains.
Re synthetic fuel - Porsche is a partner in a green powered facility in Chile that is or shortly will be producing synthetic fuel. Its currently pretty expensive stuff and is unlikely to fuel passenger cars for a while yet, but it is promising.
https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/06/po...t-sports-cars/
Re synthetic fuel - Porsche is a partner in a green powered facility in Chile that is or shortly will be producing synthetic fuel. Its currently pretty expensive stuff and is unlikely to fuel passenger cars for a while yet, but it is promising.
https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/06/po...t-sports-cars/
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There will also be additional issues, at least for the US. Once everyone's charging EVs, the grid's going to get loaded and I expect there will be calls to limit powerful EVs because the grid can't handle it. Second, the kind of charging mentioned in the vids won't be supported by typical home feeds.
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Larry Cable (05-04-2022)
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https://www.motorauthority.com/news/...-track-in-2023
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Except that the 296 GT3 is a straight V6, non-hybrid.
https://www.motorauthority.com/news/...-track-in-2023
https://www.motorauthority.com/news/...-track-in-2023
#23
Synthetic fuels will only be for carbon offsets requirements, not something for mass-market general public use. It's too limited and too expensive, and they aren't going to develop a road car with that in mind in this decade. EVs and ICE vehicles also use entirely different architectures as well. You're not putting an ICE engine on a skateboard chassis.