Almost each automaker – massive or small – has no less than a toe within the racing world. Lucid is a part of that world with the debut of its new electrical drive unit (EDU), developed particularly for motorsports. It isn’t merely an idea both, as this compact system is already in use with “the world’s main single-seater electrical racing collection.”
Whereas Lucid would not point out the collection title instantly, we’re speaking in regards to the Formulation E World Championship. The collection has a brand new race automotive for 2023 fitted with a front-mounted drive unit along with a rear motor for improved regenerative braking. The EDU from Lucid combines a motor with a transmission, differential, and inverter in a compact bundle weighing simply over 70 kilos.
In line with Lucid, the EDU has a most rotor velocity of 19,500 RPM. It makes use of the identical steady wave winding and microjet cooling system discovered within the Lucid Air luxurious sedan. The corporate would not go into additional element apart from to say the EDU is proprietary and manufactured fully in-house at Lucid’s California headquarters.
“With unimaginable energy density of 14.7 hp/kg and immense vitality recuperation, this drive unit will as soon as once more remodel electrical motorsports, following within the footsteps of our revolutionary battery pack in prior race seasons,” stated Peter Rawlinson, CEO and CTO of Lucid Group.
The 2023 Formulation E World Championship kicked off on January 14 in Mexico Metropolis. Rounds two and three transfer the sphere to Saudi Arabia for back-to-back races in Diriyah on January 27 and 28. The third-generation Formulation E automotive is alleged to be extra environment friendly and quicker round tracks, regulated to a prime velocity of 199 mph (380 kph).
“For Lucid, the switch of expertise between motorsports and highway vehicles is a two-way symbiosis,” stated Rawlinson. “This new motorsports drive unit builds instantly upon the groundbreaking powertrain expertise developed in-house by Lucid and confirmed on the highway in each Lucid Air. I’m excited by the prospect that a number of the technical developments launched might in flip make their approach to future Lucid highway vehicles.”
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