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    Lightbulb Electric RallyCar Development

    Fully electric rally cars will come in some shape or form. Lets collect the development prosess, and discussions in this thread.

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    Hayden Paddon's Hyundai Kona EV

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFMwLKqYtMU

    Raimund Baumschlager's Skoda Fabia

    https://vimeo.com/514700231

    Opel Corsa E

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn3MQ0g6BGo

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    Gallery Skoda Kreisel RE-X1 full electric - gravel test: http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos_brr_...mschlager.html
    Video: https://vimeo.com/563430350



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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3db...l=PMRallyeVids

    First action from the e-Corsa series in Germany. Remember that these are the equivalent of Rally5/R1 cars, they're not meant to be as spectacular as WRC or Rally2/R5.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AnttiL View Post
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3db...l=PMRallyeVids

    First action from the e-Corsa series in Germany. Remember that these are the equivalent of Rally5/R1 cars, they're not meant to be as spectacular as WRC or Rally2/R5.
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    The Fabia is fast. Sounds still sucks, but no complains about the other elements of the car

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    Quote Originally Posted by AnttiL View Post
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3db...l=PMRallyeVids

    First action from the e-Corsa series in Germany. Remember that these are the equivalent of Rally5/R1 cars, they're not meant to be as spectacular as WRC or Rally2/R5.
    As you say for comparison you'd need Rally5/R2 car, I don't even remember ever seeing one tbh, lowest class I ever saw for more than one corner is R2.

    Anyway I think the concept of the car is kinda flawed. Why build an electric car that tries to be the same as petrol one? It could easily have more power/acceleration (say 50%) while keeping similar complexity. (Just like the electric "R5" Fabia has more power than the R5)

    The danger of course is a "cheap" car with simple suspension that is too fast for it, leading to dangerous crashes (N4 comes to mind). This could maybe be limited by limiting when the power is delivered.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MartijnS View Post
    The Fabia is fast. Sounds still sucks, but no complains about the other elements of the car
    Two weeks ago I went to a rally with my son after more than a year. He plays rally on computer, sometimes watches rally online with me and has driven in noisy "performance" cars before.

    After R5s a 208 Rally2 came... son's reactions:
    "Daddy why can't they make electric rally cars so they don't make so much noise?" (holding his ears)

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