The GreenGT is based on a carbon fiber chassis. Developped and built in Switzerland, it is the first step toward tomorrows electric racecars, be it for sprint or endurance races. It demonstrates today that EV racecars can compete at the highest level of todays thermical competition cars.
By Christophe Schwartz on 5 August 2009 Posted in Track testing | (0) Comments
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Up until now, the tyres of endurance race cars were heated up to 70°C in small tents by a flow of hot air coming from a gas burning space heater. The resulting smell, fumes and noise polluted the surroundings and the whole system was a safety risk in the paddocks. Because of these reasons, such heating will be banned in the coming years by the rules of the Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. This is to the disliking of the teams, since a car on cold tyres will drift and may therefore be a safety concern for the other cars on the track. Hence the request from the Le Mans Series to come up with a « green » tyre heating system.
GreenGT now focuses on three product strategies:
1. Continue development of the GreenGT in order to bring it to a Le Mans compatible level using quick battery changes
2. Downscale the concept to offer a turnkey electric drive train at a competitve price for a monotype racing class
3. Develop and build the GreenGT Twenty-4 supercar, based on the current innovative and exclusive GreenGT technology.
The patented GreenGT drive train, that includes a dynamic differential, specially designed for electrical applications. Its unique on board electronics, custom designed at a GP2 level for electric race car applications. The integration and packaging of 100 MJ Li-ION batteries in a race car chassis, without major added weigh. The implementation of safety devices and routines to protect the driver, mechanics and track marshals. GreenGT will continue its development and testing campaign throughout the summer and make the first roll-outs in public in late august and early September.
By Christophe Schwartz on 3 August 2009 Posted in Work in progress | (0) Comments
Formula 1 introduced the hybrid systems in 2009. Zytek and Peugeot engineered and built hybrid solutions for endurance racing. We think that the hybrid is only an intermediate stage. With the coming oil shortages, there will be increasing interest in racecars powered by renewable energies. Manufacturers of electrical cars and their suppliers will look into using electrical racecars as demonstrators of the technology. The publics sensitivity for clean cars grows every day. This again is a high potential for communication around this project. The noise level and pollution should be adapted to new standard for racing cars worldwide.
By Christophe Schwartz on 3 August 2009 Posted in The Mission | (0) Comments
