"Mike Griffith" (photobygriffith)
09/23/2013 at 20:09 • Filed to: Formula E, Electric Car
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"Mike Griffith" (photobygriffith)
09/23/2013 at 20:09 • Filed to: Formula E, Electric Car | 0
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Let me start by saying that when it was announced that Formula E was actually going to happen, I was ecstatic. This will be the future of open-wheel racing, and the fact that it is already happening is impressive.
Then I read that they would sound ( obviously ) different from a petrol engine, but not be silent/extremely quiet. I think we all had an idea in our heads as to what this thing would sound like, but this wasn't exactly what I had in mind.
It sounds like an RC car to me. Which I don't necessarily like. What I do like, however, is that you can clearly hear the tires squealing and the gearbox clunking between shifts. And the styling...Looks great, very alike to a GP2 chassis.
No matter what you think about how it sounds, there's no doubt that electric motors in racing aren't going anywhere.
YSI-what can brown do for you
> Mike Griffith
09/23/2013 at 20:15 |
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Racing is going to lose a lot of spectators if they can't figure out how to make electric cars sound like Norse Gods. 90% of the fun of watching a race is listening to the cars.
Bandit
> YSI-what can brown do for you
09/23/2013 at 20:40 |
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Oppo. Oppo everywhere.
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YSI-what can brown do for you
> Bandit
09/23/2013 at 20:51 |
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That's how Can-am cars roll.