Now that the excessive e is at a break while becoming an excessive H, and the global rallycross has higher at a festival between electric cars and combustion, the formula has returned to the main series of completely electric races. This goes more and more, season 11 triggering technical improvements. While the season progresses in his career in Mexico this weekend, I spoke with the director general and the CTO of the team of the visualization team, Sylvain Filippi, of his expectations for the next year of Formula E and beyond.
“Season 11 has a lot of changes on the car technically,” says Filippi. “It’s going to be a very steep learning curve for everybody. I’m very excited about the GEN3 Evo car’s performance. The reason why I’m still so passionate about Formula E 10 years on is because I deeply believe in the power of Formula E to make electric cars super sexy and exciting. Ultimately, that translates to road vehicles and makes people excited about electric cars. One of the ways of doing that is amazing performance.”
The 11 series car can use the front and rear motors for acceleration. “We can now implement the same force as before, 350 kW (469 hp), but split between the rear and front forenary, so we can be able to do 0 to 60 miles consistent with the hour in 1. 8 seconds, which is mind-blowing. faster. Performance is aided through the gentle EVO E Gen3 Automobile formula – 760 kg without controller, where the minimum weight of the 2025 Formula 1 car is more than 800 kg.
“The drivers love the new car,” says Filippi. “We have more grip with New Hankook tires and more grip with 4 -wheel drive. The car is an absolute beast. When 22 cars are thrown at this speed, it is spectacular. Total traction should not have the race, only during rating duels, when releasing the grid and in the attack mode. “Up to 50 kW can be sent to the engine before and makes a big difference in traction. “
This should keep the racing competitive, in a similar fashion to DRS in Formula 1. “Now with the front motor, a car with Attack Mode should be able to overtake the cars in front,” says Filippi. “It should create some amazing overtaking opportunities. Most of the time we’re not power limited, we’re grip limited. So even if it’s the same power, sending some of the power to the front axle makes an massive difference.” The motors could technically deliver 600kW, with 350kW on the back and 250kW on the front, but this is only harnessed for regeneration. “Almost half of the energy used by the car has been created by the car itself.”
Since last season, Formula E has also been considering in-race charging like a Formula 1 pit stop, which would further shake up the competition. But so far this hasn’t seen the light of day. “It’s such a new technology,” says Filippi. “We’ve been testing it in the background at manufacturer days, even sometimes at races at low power throughout last season. Reliability is really getting there. It’s not a two-second pit stop like Formula 1. It’s going to be a bit longer. But if we can add 10% of battery capacity in a few seconds, that will be incredible. What we’re trying to achieve is more than twice as fast as anything else that’s been done. If it works, then it will be an amazing feat of technology.”
This generation is being developed in components with Elysia, which is a component component of Williams Advanced Engineering, which has been working with 2 MW loaded with 264 -ton giant mining trucks. “The speed in the race will do what the formula E is intended for Do, that you have to show an incredible exhibition and an incredible career, while showing a generation that does not exist anywhere else. “
The progression of the Formula E car will take some further leap in season 12, when the Gen4 car will be unleashed. It’s a big step in functionality and Gen4 will be another big step. The concept is a bigger battery, much more energy, more grip and more aerta. This equates to a much faster car. Automobile that captures the imagination. “
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO – JANUARY 09: Season 11 drivers and cars on the grid during previews ahead of … [+] the Mexico City E-Prix at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez on January 09, 2025 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Simon Galloway/LAT Images for Formula E)
“Many other people are captivated through F1, not by the race itself, but for the speed and functionality of the car,” explains Filippi. “This is what makes it so exciting. Formula E will have to become the same. We are halfway in Gen3 and we are already in the progression of Gen4. The generation that supports us increases rapidly. The force density force of the batteries is significantly every year. Using the most productive generation in which we can have our hands and involve it intelligently, we can take primary steps in functionality. We are not far from a point where cars will be so fast that the limitation will be the circuit. In the first years of Formula E, we did not need someone to be judged in the car, but how fast we would make this generation. After nine years of progression, the cars are night. »
“An indicator of the speed with which Formula E has evolved compared to Formula 1 is that there are still excursion records for Formula 1 cars that date back to 20 years,” explains Filippi. “The Silverstone record, for example, is four years old, which shows that no one has built a faster car in four years. For formula E, there is no excursion record that has more than one or two years. Some of the simulations we have in Genfour will also put us at a moving distance from Formula One. We will leave any other championship in the dust, which is not bad, since it will only be a series of 12 years at that time. Now we are approaching a point where, if you had to take the same car and the same force in the Formula E car, you can compete with Formula 1 over time. The next few years will be quite fun. »
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