FIA announces Electric GT motorsport category

RM Motorsports · 21st April 2021, 16:54

The FIA has unveiled a new electric GT motorsport category with the goal of pushing manufacturers to develop battery, charging and other tech for high-performance road cars. The vehicles will top out at 430 kW (577 horsepower) and use 87 kWh batteries with 700 kW charging and regen tech. That will let them regain 60 percent of their capacity "within a few minutes during a mid-race pit stop," according to the FIA.

The electric GT category will be roughly equivalent to GT3 racing in terms of the performance envelope and speeds (500 horsepower and around 200 MPH). However, the FIA said that electric GT cars "will exceed their combustion engine-powered counterparts in areas such as acceleration and qualifying pace."

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RM Motorsports Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2009 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,270 Thanked: 5,171 Times	FIA announces Electric GT motorsport category The FIA has unveiled a new electric GT motorsport category with the goal of pushing manufacturers to develop battery, charging and other tech for high-performance road cars. The vehicles will top out at 430 kW (577 horsepower) and use 87 kWh batteries with 700 kW charging and regen tech. That will let them regain 60 percent of their capacity "within a few minutes during a mid-race pit stop," according to the FIA. The electric GT category will be roughly equivalent to GT3 racing in terms of the performance envelope and speeds (500 horsepower and around 200 MPH). However, the FIA said that electric GT cars "will exceed their combustion engine-powered counterparts in areas such as acceleration and qualifying pace." https://www.autosport.com/general/ne...egory/6380625/ Attached Thumbnails
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