This is actually pretty huge news. Well done to Wrexham, there were plenty more lucrative options they could’ve gone with.

Are you using a VPN?

It’s actually growing on me. 🫣

Not sure I’d be okay trusting designers to solve fingerprinting.

Can’t wait for Summit to start rolling out support for v1.

Proton requires registration.

I’m yet to see a reputable and reliable VPN where you don’t have to sign in

Genuinely made me laugh.

The amalgamation of Tim Cook and Tim Allen.

It would be cool if they had to use electric transport to get from race to race. I suspect we’d see a bunch of innovation expeditiously.

It’s a fair point if we were talking about traditional ICE dynamics, but EV racing fundamentally changes the math. As for the engineers, the engineers at F1 are brilliant, but they are building RWD cars because of the FIA rulebook, not pure physics.

Here is why AWD is the optimum configuration for the Gen 4 car:

1. F1 is RWD by regulation, not perfection F1 cars are RWD because Article 9.1 of the F1 Technical Regulations explicitly states: “Cars must be driven by the rear wheels only.” AWD was actually banned in F1 decades ago because it provided too much traction, and the FIA wanted to limit cornering speeds and reduce costs. If F1 engineers were allowed to use active AWD with electric torque vectoring, they absolutely would.

2. The “extra motor” adds 0 kg of weight You mentioned an extra motor adding a bunch of weight. The front powertrain (MGU) is already mandatory in Formula E purely for regenerative braking. It has to be there to achieve the 700kW regen capacity that keeps the battery small and light. Because the physical motor is already sitting on the front axle, turning it on for acceleration adds exactly zero kilograms of weight. It’s free traction.

3. EV Center of Gravity changes weight transfer While weight does shift to the rear under acceleration, an EV’s center of gravity is drastically lower than an ICE car’s because the heavy battery pack is laid flat in the floor. A lower center of gravity significantly reduces longitudinal weight transfer. The front tires still maintain a substantial load under acceleration, meaning there is plenty of physical grip left to exploit.

4. The Traction Circle and Torque Vectoring You are 100% correct that front tires have finite grip that must be shared between cornering (lateral) and acceleration (longitudinal). However, the Gen 4 car uses active torque vectoring. A computer calculates exactly how much lateral grip is being used and only sends torque to the front wheels as the driver unwinds the steering wheel and lateral forces decrease. It perfectly fills the “friction circle” in milliseconds without ever overwhelming the front tires.

Traditional ICE RWD is optimal for the rules of F1, but when you have a front motor already installed for regen and software that can perfectly distribute torque in real-time, AWD is vastly superior for off-the-line and corner-exit acceleration.

But given that it’s better out of the corners than an F1 car, it must have some benefit.

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I was just discussing these yesterday with a friend that likes the grill aesthetic. The fact they’re getting cheaper and he’s already seen 5 in one day on the streets of London, means that we’ll only see more of them.

Why?

I’m very excited for the Lemmy 1.0 betas.

Thanks for waiting until you took in all of the information before reacting.

That’s actually gorgeous!

That is a hot take.

Here’s an alternative: https://youtube.com/watch?v=zDaVPfpQvPI