The Panasonic Jaguar Racing staff unveiled the newest model of their all-electric System E race automotive for the upcoming season of the racing championship as we speak and confirmed that Mitch Evans and former System E champion Nelson Piquet Jr. will drive the automobiles.
The System E groups are nonetheless considerably restricted in what they’ll modify of their race automobiles, however the championship is more and more opening up the system with every new season.
Jaguar describes the newest model of the car:
“The I-TYPE 2 is Panasonic Jaguar Racing’s all-electric System E race automotive. Designed to ship the last word steadiness of energy and effectivity, it accelerates from 0-60mph (0-100km/h) in 2.9 seconds and might regenerate as much as 150kW of vitality beneath braking to increase its vary. “
They launched pictures of the automotive and its parts:
Underneath its present configuration, the electrical powertrain has a capability of 200kW (equal to 270bhp), however it’s restricted to 170 kW (equal to 230bhp) in the course of the race. System E’s fan enhance idea can allow the additional 30 kW temporarilly by an interactive and considerably controversial fan voting course of.
It’s not precisely spectacular energy, however it does the job for the 880kg (1940 lbs) car, which is uncommon for an electrical automotive (the battery pack alone is 320kg – 705 lbs).
Season 4 will begin later this yr and the following few years are promising for the System E as a number of automakers are becoming a member of as they open up their automotive platform for extra modifications.
Earlier this yr, BMW introduced plans to enter the System E in season 5 with its personal staff whereas Audi confirmed that they’re taking up the ABT Sportsline staff, which they’d been sponsoring in prior seasons.
Mercedes-Benz additionally introduced that it’s going to be part of the System E beneath its personal staff, however throughout season 6 in 2018-2019.
Groups at the moment have to alter automotive mid race because the demanding efficiency depletes the battery packs in a short time, however the subsequent technology is anticipated to repair that and automakers will be capable to tweak their very own vehicles.
Season 5 also needs to be essentially the most fascinating because the groups will be capable to develop extra of their very own electrical powertrain parts. They are going to nonetheless all use the identical chassis, however it should even be a brand new one. Spark Racing Applied sciences, the engineering agency behind the brand new chassis, launched the first pictures of the idea for the next-gen all-electric race automotive.
