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Re:Formula E reveals second-generation car by gsnedders on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @12:49PM (#16275791)
The goal is powertrain innovation, without making teams divert their funds to developing new chassis and aero parts. The powertrain, beyond the battery, is free for manufacturers to compete on. Only the first season (2014–15) had completely identical cars.
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Re:Formula E reveals second-generation car by navls on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @01:12PM (#16276022)
Isn't battery where innovation is most needed?
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Re:Formula E reveals second-generation car by gsnedders on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @02:13PM (#16276617)
Most of the concern with battery innovation is you can burn a lot of money very fast, as far as I'm aware, and I believe the manufacturers believe the powertrain to be more useful to invest in.
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Re:Formula E reveals second-generation car by rtkwe on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @06:00PM (#16278349)
It's also where innovation would require funding a whole science lab with years long return times. There's already a huge amount of funding going into battery tech already as well.
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Re:Formula E reveals second-generation car by devy on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @01:24PM (#16276136)
Yes!
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