Now that the excessive e is at a break while becoming an excessive H, and the global rallycross has higher at a festival between electric cars and combustion, the formula has returned to the main series of completely electric races. This goes more and more, season 11 triggering technical improvements. While the season progresses in his career in Mexico this weekend, I spoke with the director general and the CTO of the team of the visualization team, Sylvain Filippi, of his expectations for the next year of Formula E and beyond.
“Season 11 has a lot of changes on the car technically,” says Filippi. “It’s going to be a very steep learning curve for everybody. I’m very excited about the GEN3 Evo car’s performance. The reason why I’m still so passionate about Formula E 10 years on is because I deeply believe in the power of Formula E to make electric cars super sexy and exciting. Ultimately, that translates to road vehicles and makes people excited about electric cars. One of the ways of doing that is amazing performance.”
The 11 series series can use the front and rear engines to accelerate. “Now we are able to display the same force as before, 350 kW (469 HP), but divided between the rear and striker, therefore, we can do 0 to 60 miles consistent with time in 1 -Ray 8 seconds, which is only amazing.
“The drivers absolutely love the new car,” says Filippi. “We have more grip with new tires from Hankook and more grip with four-wheel drive. The car is an absolute beast. When you have 22 cars launching at that speed, it’s spectacular.” All-wheel drive isn’t available throughout the race, just during the qualifying duels, when launching off the grid, and in Attack Mode. “Up to 50kW can be sent to the front motor and that makes a huge difference in traction.”
This should keep the racing competitive, in a similar fashion to DRS in Formula 1. “Now with the front motor, a car with Attack Mode should be able to overtake the cars in front,” says Filippi. “It should create some amazing overtaking opportunities. Most of the time we’re not power limited, we’re grip limited. So even if it’s the same power, sending some of the power to the front axle makes an massive difference.” The motors could technically deliver 600kW, with 350kW on the back and 250kW on the front, but this is only harnessed for regeneration. “Almost half of the energy used by the car has been created by the car itself.”
Since last season, Formula E has also been contemplating recharging the race as a prevention of the Formula 1 pit, which would further shake up the competition. But so far, this hasn’t noticed how gentle the day is. “It’s such a new technology,” Filippi says. We tested it at the bottom just a few days from the manufacturer, even on occasion in low-power races last season. It’s not a two-second well to prevent like Formula 1. It will be a little longer. But if we can charge 10% of the battery’s capacity in a matter of seconds, it will be surprising. What we’re looking to accomplish is more than twice as fast as anything that’s ever been done. If it works, it will be an incredible feat of technology. “
This technology is being developed in partnership with Elysia, formerly part of Williams Advanced Engineering, which has been working on 2MW charging for use with giant 264-ton mining trucks. “In-race charging will do what Formula E is supposed to do, which is to show a really amazing spectacle and amazing racing, while showcasing technology that doesn’t exist anywhere else.”
The progression of the formula and will take some other jump in season 12, when the GEN4 car will be unleashed. It is a great step in functionality and Gen4 will be another great step. The concept is a larger battery, much more energy, more grip and more aera. This is equivalent to a much faster car. Car that captures the imagination. “
Mexico, Mexico – January 9: The pilots of season 11 and cars in the network The previous views Beforearray . . [+] The value of Mexico in the Autodomo Brother Rodríguez on January 9, 2025 in Mexico, Mexico. (Photo through images Simon Galloway / Latin for Formula E)
“A lot of people are captivated by F1, not because of the racing itself, but the sheer speed and performance of the car,” says Filippi. “That’s what makes it so exciting. Formula E needs to become the same. We’re at the halfway point of GEN3 and we’re already deep into GEN4 development. The technology supporting us is increasing fast. The energy density power of batteries is improving greatly every year. By using the best technology that we can get our hands on and packaging it in a clever way, we can make big steps in performance. We’re not far off now from a point where the cars will be so fast that the limitation will be the circuit. In the early years of Formula E, we didn’t want somebody to be judged on the car, but how quickly we would improve that technology. After 9 years of development, the cars are night and day.”
“An indicator of the speed with which Formula E has evolved compared to Formula 1 is that there are still excursion records for Formula 1 cars that date back to 20 years,” explains Filippi. “The Silverstone record, for example, is four years old, which shows that no one has built a faster car in four years. For formula E, there is no excursion record that has more than one or two years. Some of the simulations we have in Genfour will also put us at a moving distance from Formula One. We will leave any other championship in the dust, which is not bad, since it will only be a series of 12 years at that time. Now we are approaching a point where, if you had to take the same car and the same force in the Formula E car, you can compete with Formula 1 over time. The next few years will be quite fun. »
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