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Opel Corsa-e Rally: That could change the sport - and the battery safety
But they have expertise in lightning. And because rallying is not without danger, they know very well at Opel about the topic of safety. "The protection of the battery has priority 1A," says Lacroix. So come to the already high safety standard of the production car against crash and fire nor a plate against adversity from below. Collateral benefits of motorsport: The roll cage stiffens the chassis in addition.Either way, the car can be switched off at any time from inside and outside. In case of an accident sensors do it automatically. But what about the fans who might have to push a Corsa-e Rally out of the ditch? You do not want to give away any details from Opel, but the car will tell if you can touch it or not. Communication in the service of security. In doubt, the vociferous message could be: Stay away!
Guys, HPA has to be installed here!
Rally fans had already feared the sporting retreat: after all, the Adam rolls to its end - and probably with him the ADAC Opel Rallye Cup. But now they have landed in Rüsselsheim a real coup - symbolically in the sign of lightning. Opel is the first manufacturer in the world to offer an electric rally car for customer sport.At the weekend, the e-racer was seen for the first time in species-appropriate environment: the finals of the German Rally Championship (DRM) in Freyung. Although only in the service park and not yet on the special stages, but the interest, says Marcus Lacroix of Opel Motorsport, was enormous. Inquiries are from all over Europe. 136 hp and 260 Nm of torque brings the model based on the Corsa-e to the front axle. With akku-usual acceleration, the 1.4-tonne should certainly be on the level of the Cup-Adam with its sequential gearbox.
A first prototype is currently making its rounds on the test site in Dudenhofen, while a second is currently under construction in Rüsselsheim. The focus is first on durability and the collection of battery data. After all, the battery is stressed differently in motorsport than on the road. Later, the Erlkönig will suffer the usual tortures at rallies. Jumps over hills, cuts in curves, drifting on gravel. Lacroix wants to pull the plugs out of everyone's minds: "We build the car so that it can drive DRM - not the other way around."20 copies Opel wants to put in France on the wheels, 15 of them for the competition. In the "ADAC Opel e-Rally Cup" - eight runs primarily in the context of the DRM - the offspring should prove. The official start will be the Saar-Palatinate Rally in August 2020, the final of the Germany Rally 2021. The world's first Rallye one-make cup for electric vehicles - it has been a long time since Opel was a pioneer.
https://www.elektroauto-news.net/2019/opel-corsa-e-rallye-koennte-sport-veraendern-akku-sicherheit/what I mean, we are only at the very beginning .....
