The greatest racing series on the planet that solely utilizes electric racecars is going to experience an enormous overhaul, despite the fact that it’s not really over three years of age.
Formula E has unveiled the first physical model of its aggressively-styled second generation car for the 2018/19 season at the Geneva Motor Show. The Gen2 car will be raced by automotive institutions like Mercedes, Audi, Porsche, BMW, Jaguar, Nissan, DS-Citroen, as well as the burgeoning EV (electric vehicle) manufacturers Mahindra and NIO.
The technical specifications of the new car, which has a battery fit for putting away vitality for double the scope of its ancestor to wipe out the requirement for mid-race auto swaps, were additionally discharged out of the blue.
The new Formula E car features a big maximum power upgrade, from 200kW to 250kW which will produce about 335 horsepower that will push the car at the top speed of about 174 miles per hour.
The Gen2 auto will have a base weight of 900kg, which incorporates the driver and the 385kg battery. This is up from the 880kg aggregate weight recompense for the current SRT-01E. The car measures at 5160mm long and will be 1770mm wide.
The Gen2 auto likewise includes the new Michelin Pilot Sport all-climate tire, which is particularly intended for the novel requests of electric road hustling. Not exclusively is the tire lighter than its antecedents, yet it likewise brags fundamentally lower moving protection and another visual depiction.
The Gen2 is still a single-seater race car and, even with the mandatory Halo protection system designed to prevent debris hitting the drivers, it’s still an open cockpit car.
FE is is a single-make racing category, which means the teams can’t roll out improvements to the auto’s undercarriage. The auto’s bodywork has a streamlined capacity – making downforce, cutting drag and sustaining cool air to the radiators.
