“Ants are biting the driver’s gonads, and he stays on the track anyway,” Mr. Lamm said. Or maybe both.”What led Mr. Lamm to stage a battle between E.V.s and gas cars in the world’s least prestigious racing series? “You can’t be off the track for more than 60 to 120 seconds, refueling or recharging as the case may be,” Mr. Lamm said. But when accelerated to racing speeds followed by hard braking, again and again, those battery packs last perhaps a single hour. Gas cars can tank up in seconds and return to the track for another couple of hours.

Source: New York Times September 03, 2020 09:56 UTC