Key takeaways:

Gearboxes will have 6 gears instead of 8.

The cars will have to use 30kg of fuel only to generate electric power.

The wheelbase will be shortened by 30 cm

  • regul@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    The cars will have to use 30kg of fuel only to generate electric power.

    …why?

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      1 year ago

      …why?

      According to the article, the existing F1 team vetoed energy regeneration at the front axle because they’re afraid of Audi for whatever reason.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah but, it’s very inefficient to have a gas generator instead of just using the gas to run the motor, right?

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          Yeah but, it’s very inefficient to have a gas generator instead of just using the gas to run the motor, right?

          In Toyota road hybrids it’s actually more efficient because charging the battery at constant lower revs burns less fuel than increasing revs to accelerate but that’s just road cars, no idea about 2026 F1 cars.

          Burning fuel is definitively less efficient than generating electricity under braking from the front axle.

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          No generally you can get really good efficiency out of doing that. Lost of rail locomotives do that and are pretty efficient.

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            Electric trains work for a few reasons, multiple cars can be driven without giving up cargo space, the amount of power put down can be much higher, and wheel slippage can be managed almost instantaneously. These gains allow electric trains to overcome the loss due to electric generation and storage.