Car of The Day

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  • detritus0

    New Formula E racing car, for next season.

    https://arstechnica.com/cars/201…

    Most impressive feature is (to my mind, anyway) that it now has a battery capable enough to last an entire race.

    • Couldnt they have a smaller battery + switch the battery in 2 secs during pit stopsdrgs
    • That's what existing formula e cars do, I think. Dunno, I don't particularly follow it — am just interested in the techdetritus
    • Qualcomm proposed using their halo technology to charge the cars batteries while they're racing. Halo is like wireless charging for your phone, but for carssofakingback
    • Ideally they would put them in the roads for cars to charge while driving.sofakingback
    • If that qualcomm thing goes through, it would totally be like F-zero with the charge pads giving you a boost.monNom
    • Don't they still need to replace tires?drgs

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