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Originally Posted by Captain Ahab Jr
Formula E is a young championship which if nurtured well should become a very competitive championship with some big manufacturers battling it out for wins.
I was born and bred on fossil fuel based championships, like Indy, F1, Le Mans but like it or not Formula E is the future.
Season 3 finishes this weekend and I've been doing design work on a season 4 car since the middle of last year. I still miss F1 as for me nothing comes close to it. The technical challenges are not to be under estimated which is why the need for a car change halfway through the race.
For season 4 with a new battery this won't be the case which is why now manufacturers like Audi, Porsche and BMW (technically already in but don't shout about it very loudly) have started to join in.
As the championship becomes more established and stable the FIA will hopefully open the rules to allow teams to design more than their own gearbox, rear suspension, motor, invertor, control units. The FIA will have to be careful how they allow the championship to develop as it could easily turn into an expensive development manufacturers war.
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I went to the Miami FE race their first season, the racing was good the spectacle was fun we had a fantastic time.
My big beef with FE is the car swap mid race. That is utter and complete lazy BS.
Develop and roll out a swappable battery that can be changed via a pit stop. Whatever means necessary. The battery does not have to arrive or leave the car in human hands it can a mechanical method.
By developing a battery that swaps fast, that will eventually end up in road cars. You could actually take a road trip, stop at a charging station for a fast battery swap and move along.