Green GT blog

GreenGT interviewed by J.J. Bourdin on RMC Radio

Today, we had the honor to be interviewed by Jean-Jacques Bourdin of France, who has a reputation for making politians sweat and tumble verbaly during his national radio shows. You can listen to the show by clicking here for the RMC podcast. Our interview is at the last 7 minutes of the show, so you need to put the curser pretty much to the end of the podcast bar. And, yes, it is all in French!

By Christophe Schwartz on 23 September 2009 Posted in Media | (0) Comments

GreenGT on the cover of Le Mans Racing magazine

The expert crew of Le Mans Racing magazine was with us during our recent testing in Le Castellet. You can now read about the GreenGT on five great pages, including the origin of our project and the coming goals, as well as the feedback from opour test driver Christian Pescatori. We are very happy to have such a highly skilled driver like Christian with us. After winning Sebring and finishing second in Le Mans twice, plus many other race successes, Christian Pescatori sure qualifies to test the first ever all electric prototype. Rush to your newstand or order your copy directly via the Le Mans Racing magazine website!

By Christophe Schwartz on 10 September 2009 Posted in Media | (0) Comments

GreenGT featured on Largeur.Com

The Swiss technology news website is featuring the GreenGT. Read more about our car on Largeur.Com

By Christophe Schwartz on 1 September 2009 Posted in Media | (0) Comments

Technical specifications of the first GreenGT prototype

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 Media | (0) Comments

The Sunny Green Box: solar tyre heating for racecars

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.