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Despite this, anonymous sources from the teams have confided to the aforementioned medium that some parts of the hybrid unit were not working correctly. In addition, an informant admitted that there is even a lack of software to control the device and that they have not even received an external charger, which is a fundamental piece.

In dialogue with DirtFish, Compact Dynamics CEO Oliver Blamberger acknowledged last month that the global pandemic had caused a five-week delay from the scheduled date for delivering hybrid units to WRC teams.

Likewise, the manager stated that the biggest cause of the delays was linked to suppliers from China and from various countries around the world. These companies contribute various elements of the device and have been chosen for their competitive prices, so that the total cost of the hybrid unit does not exceed 100,000 euros.

In addition, the CEO of Compact Dynamics also revealed that there were other additional delays at the German - Austrian border, where the battery sub-supplier, Kreisel Electric, also had difficulty in shipping its components.

As detailed by Blamberger, the hybrid unit can be tested, both in vehicles and on a test bench, since it has a generator function with the internal combustion of the heat engine, which in theory means that the using the external charger.

However, the CEO of Compact Dynamics also acknowledged in March that the company still owed the delivery of two additional test systems. The first of them included the external charger so requested by the teams, which was agreed to be distributed at the end of March. On the other hand, Blamberger reported that the second system should finish being delivered to the teams this week.

So far, only M-Sport and Toyota have been able to start the tests with their respective Rally1. The British team already got its engine running for the first time last month, before facing a car installation shakedown and initial functional test, which spanned two days and over 400 kilometers in the forests of Greystoke. The most recent reports indicated that the new transmission, suspension and electronics would have been tested on a Ford Fiesta ‘mule’ body.

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