I still think they'll find the way to break emission regulations.
Because for some people, me included, "sound is everything", the sound is what makes me really love a race or a car (I didn't care at all about the 911 RSR GTE, and I love it now it has a fantastic sound), it's what takes my breath away, it's what gives me shivers down my spine.
How much horsepower is lost with a conventional petrol or diesel between the bottom and the high altitude at the top.
I guess the electric is unaffected by atmospheric pressures the same / prob run better the nearer the top given it will be cooler/better for the battery cooling?
Obviously this is all my speculation haha
Well what is it about that sound that gives you those emotions? I would suggest that it's because those sounds are associated with going fast. Now if electric is the fastest, quickest thing around, I think the next generation will associate growling v8's with slow and the whine of electric engines with fast.
The same thing has happened throughout history. Steam trains and the sounds and smells used to be to a generation, the fastest thing around until Diesel trains showed up. Now steam trains are cool, but sound quaint and slow. Airplanes as well had this effect. Prop planes were the hottest thing around until jets showed up. Now the sound of a prop beating the air sounds slow and antiquated where as a jet sounds powerful and fast. This is really no different.
Clearly you just don't "get it", and many do not. The sound of an ICE for many contributes to the Atmosphere, arguably the most important aspect of the "atmosphere". Yes millenials will associate electrics with speed, but they still sound awful. Personally I find that "whine" damn irritating. It's like going to a concert and the bands playing with just one 40 amp speaker. Sure you can "see" them play their stuff but the sound is non existent or tosh.
Well it's not like the coal plant that made the electricity polluted at all. Oh wait...
Because for some people, me included, "sound is everything", the sound is what makes me really love a race or a car (I didn't care at all about the 911 RSR GTE, and I love it now it has a fantastic sound), it's what takes my breath away, it's what gives me shivers down my spine.
I can appreciate electric racing cars, I even like their sound, but I can't appreciate replacing some of the best souding racing cars (DTM, SGT, WRC, WRX) by electric cars, it just kills any interest for me.
Moreover, hearing the engine sound, the gear change, how the engine revs, gives a lot of feedback, allows to feel a lot more how the car behave and adds a lot to the enjoyment too.
So yes, even with electric cars, WRC onboards will still be breathtaking, but sure I'll enjoy them a lot less.
And of course, when you're near the track, the sound of all cars is a big part of the enjoyment, of the ambience. A full electric Le Mans or the incoming full electric WRX will feel a lot more bland for spectators.
Electric is not the only alternative, and seeing most series going this route because it's the current trend pisses me off.
Because for some people, me included, "sound is everything", the sound is what makes me really love a race or a car
Don't get me wrong, I like the sound too. But realize that we like the sound due to subjective influences that we've had growing up. The sound of a gasoline powered motor vs an electric motor is not objectively "better". It's purely cultural, and all I'm doing is pointing out that in 100 years I suspect you'll have people debating whether the old electric racing engines sound better than the new anti-grav "whisper" engines.
Mining for neodymium to make magnets is so toxic that it's banned in every country in the world except one spot in China and one spot in Africa. Cobalt has it's own issues as well. Windmills chew threw gear boxes at an alarming rate that is un-sustainable. So unless we build modern nuclear plants, this is a waste of time.More than a full century of internal combustion engine cannot be wiped out in a single year, fans will probably needs time, drivers more + electric engines doesn't need gearbox AFAIK (it was only there to ease the use of engine torque).
So new e-car = strange stealth noises + no gearbox at all, driving and setup experience is and will be something new to learn.
The worth is how they will harvest needed electric power ? Most countries doesn't renew their nuclear power plants, using coal would be ridiculous, and needed raw metals (nickel, cobalt and lithium) for manufacturing batteries as they are designed for now will runs out far before oil... Soapbox will come back very soon (Lance Armstrong new career maybe )
I guess the electric is unaffected by atmospheric pressures the same / prob run better the nearer the top given it will be cooler/better for the battery cooling?
As I wrote in my other article, combustion engines have a thermal efficiency of about 27% on average. Which means that of all the power they produce, just 27% of it actually pushes the car forward. The remaining 73% is wasted through heat, friction or exhaust smokes. Electric drives have a thermal efficiency of about 90%, which means that only 10% of the power produced is wasted through friction or heat.
Electric drives are not affected by atmospheric pressure and have no need for a conventional radiator like combustion engines, hence why these cars have no radiator intake at the front. However, turbo engines are not affected either by atmospheric pressure like gasoline engines, but they do produce more heat and need more cooling.