Low-carbon sustainable fuels headed for F1 but cost could keep them from Australian bowsers

ikt@aussie.zone · edit-2 2 months ago

Low-carbon sustainable fuels headed for F1 but cost could keep them from Australian bowsers

Hirom@beehaw.org · 2 months ago

Anything but electrifying

zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev · 2 months ago

Which is extra weird since they already use systems that store and release electricity to add power via an extra electric motor https://www.makeuseof.com/how-the-kers-system-in-f1-works/

ikt@aussie.zone · 2 months ago

they already have an electric league called Formula E

https://www.fiaformulae.com/en

Hirom@beehaw.org · 2 months ago

Yet there’s still a league that burns fuel.

Formula E hasn’t replaced Formula 1 sadly.

ikt@aussie.zone · 2 months ago

because people want noise, not silent slot cars

Ultra-noisy engines would likely be a big hit with fans, who have long complained that the current turbo hybrids are not as loud as the previous generations of cars.

https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/f1-seriously-evalutating-return-to-v10-engines-what-you-need-to-know/

Hirom@beehaw.org · 2 months ago

There’s an app for that. https://engine-tone.github.io/

Low-carbon sustainable fuels headed for F1 but cost could keep them from Australian bowsers

Low-carbon sustainable fuels headed for F1 but cost could keep them from Australian bowsers

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