Have F1's new rules produced a "battery world championship" or "the best racing ever"? Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and Fernando Alonso sum up the paradox at the heart of the sport.
Alonso described the new season as “the battery world championship”.
I’m guessing that was part of the plan. I’m hoping the R&D trickles down to consumer vehicles. It would be cool if small EVs with small, underpowered batteries could do something for an occasional boost without having to double the car’s weight. It kinda sucks that a short-range city EV suffers on power like that. Imagine how cheap you could make an EV with a 75% smaller battery and a supercapacitor to boost it to 100km/h once every few minutes.
I’m guessing that was part of the plan. I’m hoping the R&D trickles down to consumer vehicles. It would be cool if small EVs with small, underpowered batteries could do something for an occasional boost without having to double the car’s weight. It kinda sucks that a short-range city EV suffers on power like that. Imagine how cheap you could make an EV with a 75% smaller battery and a supercapacitor to boost it to 100km/h once every few minutes.