Electric RallyCar Development

[Sulland]

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

[AnttiL]

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

[hari]

Some more videos and foto galleries of the Kreisel RE-X1 - Raimund Baumschlager:

Galleries:
http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos_eis_...e-x1_0221.html
http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos_scho...e-x1_0221.html
http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos_test...enland_21.html
http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos_entw...sel_re-x1.html
http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos_entw...sel_re-x1.html

Videos:
https://vimeo.com/509174103
https://vimeo.com/501023152
https://vimeo.com/514700231
https://vimeo.com/494645589

Note: There is a sound module by Remus in development for the car

[hari]

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

[AnttiL]

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.

[EstWRC]

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.

hilarious

[MartijnS]

The Fabia is fast. Sounds still sucks, but no complains about the other elements of the car

[mknight]

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.

[mknight]

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)

[Rallyper]

No heritage, no knowledge, no history experience, no need to have as a benchmark...