Vauxhall Corsa-based electric rally car now in development

摘要

Vauxhall says its sister brand Opel is currently conducting durability tests for its Corsa e-Rally Cup model - the first- ever battery-electric rally car - at the Dudenhofen Test Centre in Germany. Opel Motorsport director Jorg Schrott said: "Both cars are covering as many miles as possible, in order to gather the maximum amount of data at an early stage. There is no experience of an electric rally car that we could turn to, so initially we had to rely on calculations and simulations. These are being gradually replaced by real data. Other focuses are on loads and temperature management of the battery, as well as adapting the software. I am pleased to report that our programme is going smoothly."