Building the World’s Fastest, Electric Formula E Racing Car

This Formula E-Car has a combination of innovative and advanced aerospace technologies that will be necessary for racing at these extreme speeds as conditions approach a jet fighter skimming off the ground. This is truly a multidisciplinary challenge. The significant difference in this case is that the flight deck for our Electric Racing Car will be 4 inches off the ground.

"Lead the rest with the best."  This radical, Formula E Racing Car design will enhance the performance level of auto racing, and will launch Electric Cars well ahead of the current pack of clumsy, polluting, combustion drive-trains, forever.
 

Ø      Why Electric Cars will always win on Race Day

Ø      New Lithium Battery Technology is both Safe and Long Lasting

Ø      Specifications and a breakdown of the Development Costs involved

Ø      Current record Holders in Electric Car Racing

Ø      A Call for Merchants and Vendors to join the C.E.C.M. for Time and Materials

The Big Picture, Why this is so important to get started on now.

Why Electric Cars Will Always Win on Race Day!

There are many differences between Piston Engines and Electric Motors. These differences are so fundamental to their overall performance that Piston Engines will never be able to keep up. Although massive amounts of horsepower can be derived from piston engines, the ability to control this power happens over a very narrow speed range, thus creating the need for large transmission and clutch system; which usually doubles the weight and reduces power transfer considerably. 

DC Electric Motors have Full Torque at Zero Speed; -Full Power at Zero RPM's.

This fundamental aspect of Electric Motors will always overshadow Piston Engines. This feature will provide the Future Spark Electric Racing Car with a faster jump off the starting line without clutching errors. This will also provide a stronger, smoother acceleration to top speed without gear shifting delays. An Electric Motor does not need a transmission or clutch; period. This is the first reason Electric Cars will win on Race Day. If you doubt this, keep in mind that every train you have seen for the last 50 years, whether freight or subway, has always been driven by Electric Motors, --precisely for this reason.

In contrast, Internal Combustion Engines are limited by the Laws of Thermo-Dynamics to about 30% fuel efficiency. This means that roughly two-thirds of every gallon of gas burnt is lost as Waste Heat with rise in temperatures as high as 1500 degrees, -enough to melt silver. This is the real underlying factor in Global Warming. Not only are we producing a blanket of CO₂ in our upper atmosphere, but we are also warming it up with roughly 20 trillion barrels of pure heat burnt so far! Yes, now that is enough to change our climate here on Earth.

Electric Motors have about 10% or less of waste heat with temperatures only around 125 degrees C, just enough to boil water. And with the use of Solar Power to charge Batteries, Electric Cars not only reduce CO₂ Emissions to zero; they actually reduce direct heating in the atmosphere by seven times over Piston Engines.

Piston Engines have hundreds of moving parts; from the valves, cam shafts, cranks, and connecting rods to the support systems of water pumps, alternators, timing belts, distributors, and fuel injectors, not to mention the transmission, clutch and differential. All these parts need lubrication to survive. The Electric Motor has only one moving part, dramatically increasing reliability, providing a much longer service life, and never requiring a single oil change, -again, furthering the clean-up of our Planet over time.

New Battery System Improves Safety, Reliability, and Cycle Times

Conventional Lead Acid Batteries cannot carry their own weight, quite literally. There is not enough energy stored in a Lead Acid battery to raise its Kinetic Energy, (speed), much past 100 mph; even if the rest of the car was made out if thin air. Ni-Cad’s and Nickel Metal Hydride Rechargeable Batteries are about five times lighter and are acceptable for routine city travel, although they suffer a shorter life span and cycle degradation if not fully discharged every time.

Ø      Swappable Battery Modules             NanoSafe, 75,000 Watt-Hours                   $200K USDs

Ø      Frame, and Safety Roll Cage             Hard Anodized Al and Ti Tubing                     $150K USDs

Ø      Body, and Aerodynamics Package   Carbon Fiber and Foam Core                        $150K USDs

Ø      Electronic Control Systems              Hard Analog, High Reliability                          $150K USDs

Ø      Wind Tunnel for Flight Testing        Accelerated Development and Air Time       $200K USDs

Current Record Holders in Electric Cars

Ø      Current Eliminator – Laveen, AZ  

o       His Dragster is the 'current' record holder for the quarter mile, bar none. He has a standing offer of $2000 for anyone who can beat his times.

Ø      Wright Speed – Palo Alto, CA

o       Sportster, 0-60 in three seconds, so far an untouchable record.

Ø      Tesla Motors – San Leandro, CA

o       Sexy, Hi Profile Sports Car, 0-60 in four seconds, still one of the fastest cars on the road including several fossil fueled models that cost over five times as much.

Ø      Phoenix, Sport Utility Trucks – Ontario, CA