Does this include the carbon emitted in order to make the carbon fiber everything in F1 is made from ??
https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/15/politics/energy-independence-fact-check/index.html - Seems thats not the case.
My favorite comment from the BBC F1 site about this race - "I imagine this track will have less soul than my ex-wife."
It took decades to develop the ICE before it became customer friendly. Battery technology improves all the time. That's just another challenge for engineers to solve. Maybe the charging stations should not be in the open ? Also, some EVs are equiped with battery pre-warming facilitating the recharge, that customers ignore, apparently.
A batteries charge in extreme cold weather is limited i.e. the range drops considerably when in use.....that's really with ANY battery whether a car battery(to start the car or to run the car) or flashlight battery....and that's been going on for decades with lithium ion.
I am pretty sure the boffins must be on the case already. I am optimistic they will improve the technology which has already made tremendous progress. Apparently the research are now directed on non-lithium batteries. They experiment on saline batteries, I read. It's certain that the battery is the weakest point on EVs; there is no complain on power or ... torque !!!
Does it include the carbon burnt to fly in millionaire entitled drivers to the new circuit in Madrid where the minions known as fans will be trained and bussed in? F1 is not neutral ever with a 24 race calendar round the world LOL.
If you didn't know, Ford is cutting the Ford F-150 EV pickup truck due to very low sales. Most people that buy pickup trucks use them to haul stuff and construction....there stated range is a marketing ploy for what there intended use is for never mind the charge to EV pickup trucks when used all day....people don't have time to charge an EV pickup since time is money. Pickups are used to haul boats, livestock, construction equipment and pretty much everything else which is why DIESEL is the preferred choice when hauling heavy equipment with a pickup truck. Do you honestly think EV tractor trailers are going to make a dent when they are constantly being used 24/7/365 days out of the year hauling 40,000lb or 20,000kg loads? Diesel is the way to go and it will be like that for another century....at least. Again time is money and sitting for hours to charge a tractor trailer isn't going to work...and more so in the extreme cold weather.
I know, I know ... By that's about trucks, and the US, which isn't the biggest car market anymore. In the EU and China, the conversion to EVs has already been legislated. The carbon emission legislation has already been voted in Europe; including a calendar with stricy deadlines. Authorities are also under pressure from environmental lobbies that sue them for no reducing carbon emission fast enough. It don't seem to affect HGVs yet, apart from an incentive to transfer freight from haulage to rail transport. I don't pretend to know what happens in the States; since they have already withdrawn from the Kyoto Agreement during the precedent administration, they are on their own. Maybe there is no government incentive, or reluctance from the public. Incidently, several US actors appear in TV adverts for EVs in Europe: Robert de Niro, de Caprio, etc ...
No, but whatever the Toyota CEO may have said will have no influence on events. The time for discussions is over. It seems that some people are still at the stage of rear-guard tactics to resist electrification. Decisions have been made, laws have been passed, now the transition is in motion on this side of the pond. Most European car makers will have switched production to EVs by 2028, in view to comply with legislation coming in 2035, when the ban on ICE sales will come in. There may be exceptions for low volume manufacturers (1000 per year), very restricted, and closely monitored. The authorities will have plenty of arguments in their toolbox to drive ICEs out of existence: higher taxes on petrol, stricter emission control, more carbon-free zones, higher parking fees. In the opposite, EVs already start to benefit from tax breaks, subsidised leases, etc ...
Via PF1– Spanish media reports claim eye-watering figure for Madrid fee With the dust settling on the announcement and fanfare from Madrid, a report from Catalunya-based CCMA through their television station TV3 has claimed the Madrid effort pulled together funding of around €48 million per year. This means a figure of almost half a billion euro is claimed to have landed the 10-year deal, that expires in 2035. This eye-watering sum would eclipse other European track figures, and puts it in the same ballpark of around €50 million as believed to be paid by the likes of Azerbaijan, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar. The publication states this figure is almost double what the Generalitat de Catalunya paid for the race in Barcelona, estimated at €25 million. Sources familiar with the situation in both Madrid and Barcelona have told PlanetF1.com that the reported figures by CCMA are in the right ballpark.
He believes the EV market will only capture 30% of the global market....while the rest of the 70% will be ICE and hydrogen platforms. They(Toyota) have also scaled back on EV production. Again, this is a company that has been making hybrids for over 20 years and they(hybrids) really haven't taken off with regards to sales or public sentiment towards hybrid vehicles. Are not hybrid vehicles better than EV's from a cost and range perspective? The governments can push all they want with regards to EV's and mandates and incentives to buying EV's and tax heavily the ICE platform and petrol, but it is the buyer that will ultimately make the decision on what to buy.
Hybrids are basically ICE vehicles; they do not satisfy the zero carbon regulations. The buyers will only have access to what will be authorised for sale.
That's the problem. While that may be fine and dandy in your neck of the woods, that dog won't hunt here in the states as buyers have already stated their intentions and have a choice in the matter which is the ICE platform.
That's no problem at all. Electrification may end up to be a 2 speed process, and someone had to start it. Europe and China have already started their transition to EVs, predicted to take more than 2 decades. North America and the Third World may join later, or not at all, depending on geopolitics, I guess. The issues of global warming and energy dependence are felt differently in different countries, I suppose.
That’s a fact. I wanted to go to a race this year and take the kids, but when I looked up ticket prices I nearly had a coronary. Absolutely zero chance I’m paying multiple thousands of $$$ plus travelling to the arse end of no where to be treated like cattle and robbed of the equivalent of what most people can only dream of earning in a year. Especially when the ‘racing’ is effectively a one man parade.
Projection of Madrid street circuit street whatever it is lol https://www.planetf1.com/news/madrid-grand-prix-onboard-footage-revealed
Sounding like Valencia it is — According to Catalan TV3, Formula 1's choice, whose boss Stefano Domenicali attended the announcement, has everything to do with money. The Madrid GP organiser are said to pay just under €50 million a year for a spot on the calendar, bringing the deal to a total of some €500 million. The reported amount is almost double what the Barcelona-based organisation can raise to host the Spanish Grand Prix, making the Madrid GP the most expensive European race on the F1 calendar. According to the Catalan medium, the GP at the Ifema site will have to find investors and government support to recoup the investment.
Absolutely not, Poor peoples in France couldn’t afford electric vehicles and they often lived in the countryside. Infrastructure are for now insufficient and French state deficit is more than 3 billions euros ! Do you really believe reality won’t prevail in the end? 2035 ban will be postponed or canceled believe me.. Or people in Europe will choose others dirigeants.
The reality is that you cannot have your cake and eat it ! Europe has chosen its path. The ban could be delayed or arranged under certain conditions. But I wouldn't bet on that. Between now and 2035, ICEs will already be increasingly restricted in certain areas, carbon free zones, etc ... It's not a French or a German decision, but EU program, and I cannot see individual countries opting out. The manufacturers have understood that, and participate actively in the transition. Time will tell.
