A future for an alt-electric Formula 1?

摘要

The success of KERS, the battery-assisted speed booster used by Formula 1 cars this season, has motorsport executives believing that an all-electric version of the competition could spur development of longer range electric road cars. "We'll definitely see an electric Fl one day," says Nick Fry, chief executive of the Mercedes Fl team. 'To start with, it would be in parallel with regular Fl, like the electric version of the Isle of Man TT motorbike race run alongside the TT." KERS is already influencing road car technology, so imagine what a whole race designed around electric vehicles could lead to, he adds.