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Monday, July 2, 2018
A Lot Of It Has To Do With Safety Vs Stupidity
This Is Why Some Automatic Transmissions Shift Straight and Some Are All Zig-Zaggy
Some OEM’s may have an issue with it being too easy to move the car from Drive to Neutral while moving, and this may determine the pattern they choose to have you move the knob to achieve vehicle gear. They could make you go over and up to prevent accidentally pushing the car into neutral. I know that Jaguar has that shifter because their left side allows you to lock the vehicle into 3, 2, or 1st gear, and to prevent accidentally triggering this they make you move all the way around, and it’s their original design (so again back to customer preference).(Jalopnik.com)
Friday, June 29, 2018
Let's See If They Can Get The Kinks Worked Out
Here’s What Happened With The Tesla Model S Race Car That Got Too Hot After Five Miles On An F1 Track
While the production Model S is a great track car for about a lap before it needs to cool off, too, the series spokesperson told Jalopnik there was more to it than routine overheating. The spokesperson said this was the first full day of testing at race speeds, and the car had been out all day in the heat before Needell got in.
The engineers also later found sensor issues that let the battery get hotter than it should have, the spokesperson told Jalopnik.
“The team spotted an accidental disconnection of one of the outdoor temperature sensors from the air conditioning system, which caused the air conditioning system to not send cold air to the battery and other systems when needed,” the spokesperson said. “There is always a limit if the power is used indiscriminately, but the resistance threshold is much higher if the air conditioning system had worked correctly. The team has now fixed that.”
The spokesperson also said the technical team confirmed that the car will be able to run the race distances, but at a more manageable pace—around 470 HP will be what the cars can maintain throughout the race, with the full 778 HP available for things like overtaking. The spokesperson said each driver will have “full control” over when they decide to use the car’s full power, and that it’ll be “part of the strategy and part of the show.”
We’ll get to see how that show plays out soon enough, since the first 10-race season for the international series is scheduled to start in November.
(Jalopnik.com)
While the production Model S is a great track car for about a lap before it needs to cool off, too, the series spokesperson told Jalopnik there was more to it than routine overheating. The spokesperson said this was the first full day of testing at race speeds, and the car had been out all day in the heat before Needell got in.
The engineers also later found sensor issues that let the battery get hotter than it should have, the spokesperson told Jalopnik.
“The team spotted an accidental disconnection of one of the outdoor temperature sensors from the air conditioning system, which caused the air conditioning system to not send cold air to the battery and other systems when needed,” the spokesperson said. “There is always a limit if the power is used indiscriminately, but the resistance threshold is much higher if the air conditioning system had worked correctly. The team has now fixed that.”
The spokesperson also said the technical team confirmed that the car will be able to run the race distances, but at a more manageable pace—around 470 HP will be what the cars can maintain throughout the race, with the full 778 HP available for things like overtaking. The spokesperson said each driver will have “full control” over when they decide to use the car’s full power, and that it’ll be “part of the strategy and part of the show.”
We’ll get to see how that show plays out soon enough, since the first 10-race season for the international series is scheduled to start in November.
(Jalopnik.com)
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