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[juicy sushi]

If they go Dodge, they really need to lean into it.  JEV in a Vanishing Point tribute with the EV Challenger, or JEV and Gunther racing against a Taycan in a nouveau Two Lane Blacktop.

[Ben1445]

Stellantis Motorsport Announces Maserati's Commitment to the Gen 4 Era of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship

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Keeping this thread up to date with relevant announcements. Old habits die hard.

[Vielleicht]

I wonder if a lot of it is due to a reality of regen/charging at very high powers and that doing this means accepting a trade off in the weight. Cells a little more optimised for power density than energy density perhaps? 
 
Even so, the max race power (notably now 450kW rather than a weird 300kW or 600kW in the tender spec) and weight puts it into LMP2 sort of territory.  
 
Still don't know what the standard race power will be though - 300kW? 350kW? 400kW? Driver discretion? 

 

Seems like 450, with attack charge turning the wick up to 600.  So, 600hp in race trim, with 800hp for qualifying and attack charge, in old money.  Which is more than enough to get attention, since very few series would be more powerful, in particular in qualifying trim.  And if they keep to the currently low downforce nature of the cars, will make for something very racy since they'll be able to follow closely, powerslide, and still get into braking duels.

 

Looking at this after the Gen3 Evo's debut in São Paulo, where we saw a much more powerful Attack Mode, I think there is perhaps a limit to how much extra performance the higher mode can bring before it becomes a bit crazy or even dangerous.