I thought they had to be based on actual shipping vehicles from American car manufacturers. That’s what got me thinking about it. Eventually the EV cars will probably go faster than the combustion engine. The trick will be in getting a charge to last long enough that it doesn’t need more frequent pit stops.
There are pretty strict restrictions on most aspects of the cars, even as much as to limit top speed for safety through various means, including aerodynamics.
Other than acceleration, I’m not sure that an EV would benefit much against a current NASCAR, unless they can find a way to get more range on a charge than there is with fuel.
And even though this is all pretty hypothetical right now, these racers crash a lot, and between the extra weight and explosiveness of batteries, I wonder if we’ll ever see EVs in NASCAR.
The trick will be in getting a charge to last long enough that it doesn’t need more frequent pit stops.
That would indeed be quite a trick. The batteries would need to get more energy-dense by more than an order of magnitude compared to the best that are available today. EVs are great for commuting and transportation where vehicle weight isn’t as important and you’re not constantly trying to go as fast as possible, but they’re a very long way from being competitive in that type of racing.
Are still significantly slower than NASCAR pit stops, and even if you could get them that fast, you’d also need to make the pit stops more frequently because you’d run out of charge faster than wearing down your tires at those speeds.
China has battery changing stations, where your depleted battery drops out the bottom of the car into a pit, and a new fully charged one is raised into place.
I thought they had to be based on actual shipping vehicles from American car manufacturers. That’s what got me thinking about it. Eventually the EV cars will probably go faster than the combustion engine. The trick will be in getting a charge to last long enough that it doesn’t need more frequent pit stops.
There are pretty strict restrictions on most aspects of the cars, even as much as to limit top speed for safety through various means, including aerodynamics.
Other than acceleration, I’m not sure that an EV would benefit much against a current NASCAR, unless they can find a way to get more range on a charge than there is with fuel.
And even though this is all pretty hypothetical right now, these racers crash a lot, and between the extra weight and explosiveness of batteries, I wonder if we’ll ever see EVs in NASCAR.
The original concept was “stock cars” but the sport has since evolved.
That would indeed be quite a trick. The batteries would need to get more energy-dense by more than an order of magnitude compared to the best that are available today. EVs are great for commuting and transportation where vehicle weight isn’t as important and you’re not constantly trying to go as fast as possible, but they’re a very long way from being competitive in that type of racing.
Hot-swappable batteries
Are still significantly slower than NASCAR pit stops, and even if you could get them that fast, you’d also need to make the pit stops more frequently because you’d run out of charge faster than wearing down your tires at those speeds.
I thought they’re all the same car with body kits slapped on top
China has battery changing stations, where your depleted battery drops out the bottom of the car into a pit, and a new fully charged one is raised into place.