There are pieces d 'Italy who win in Formula And thanks to technological innovation and constant improvement work. After the first three races, indeed, leading the drivers and constructors standings there is Indian team Mahindra which relies on innovative nanotechnology Nanoprom and at the push of Magneti Marelli to build their own successes. Not to mention that all the cars of the circus and take the body battery holder made by Dallara carbon fiber and special alloys.
THE POWER OF TRADITION INNOVA
Magneti Marelli Formula E is from the first championship. In fact the company, who divides his segment runs between Venaria Reale and Corbetta near Milan, is MLP provider of connectivity systems. That is the equipment that connects all the cars in the race ran to the direction and allows radio communications with the pilot and controls from the FIA. The passage to the thrusters for fully electric machines for a company that is a historic brand of racing and the traditional market it must have been a difficult jump, "A nice passaggino 'as defined by Roberto Dalla, head of the sports department.
A new reality but very stimulating, with technology that is at the beginning and which may represent a revolution in the coming years, even from a business point of view. Just think, he adds From, that the 200 kW, that they are about 280 cavalli, of a powertrain of an electric formula they are generated by one of our engine that weighs only 23 kilograms. This would be enough to beat a similar thermal engine which gives 300 cavalli». Another figure that galvanizes the technicians of the sector the 98% of electrical propulsion efficiency, which means that practically all the energy supplied by the engine package is then actually used.
and engine control unit Magneti Marelli
Doing a simple comparison, thermal power units of our road cars have an efficiency of 30% circa, While Choosing a Formula 1 to adopt hybrid power unit, thus combining thermal and electrical, did reach the seater circus a little efficiency value below the 50%. It is clearly higher efficiency, the car consumes less, which means less pollution, less waste, less spending. But the electric enter the new world has been difficult for the giant Magneti Marelli? "The Formula And there was unknown, hence the greatest difficulty - tells From -; We had never before had the chance to get their hands on a car of the class, so there was hard to tell in advance whether our performance and reliable system would prove: is what concerned us more ».
the brakes that generate energy
Technicians on M4electro version 2018 they managed to save a couple of pounds of the power generator, but above all was made a big job in the electronic management that allowed improve the torque curve so as to adapt to the new transmission Mahindra direct drive. Not bad for an electric motor which this year is capable of a peak power of 200 kW in qualifying 180 kW in gara.
SMOOTH AS GLASS
The founder NANOPRO Gian Luca Falleti It does not deny the news that Mahindra uses its products on the car that is dominating the start of the fourth Formula E, but can not even confirm in industrial issues. A little 'as happened several years ago when everyone knew that the most important Formula 1 teams Polysil used to paint the rims of the cars, but only "the Williams confirmed it in sunlight and in fact have been photographed several times in their box ', confirms Falleti. What we do know is this: if we exclude the stickers that come from the championship promoter, ABB and Julius Baar, all other writings that appear on the cars driven by Felix Rosenqvist and Nick Heidfeld are no sticker applied to the body, but they are the result of a thorough paint job done by specialists Nanoprom. "The sports sector is followed by one of my trusted associate, Gabriele Tredozi».
Use Polysil It means saving the weight of the paint and reduce the adhesion of dirt and rubber residue on the body. The data say the adhesion of rubber murble would be reduced by 80% compared to traditional products, ensuring a greater aerodynamic efficiency over the entire race. A savings 2 pounds of weight in one painting the entire bodywork the Mahindra, a car that to be a regulation must reach at least 880 kg. The nanotechnologydeveloped by Nanoprom have attracted the attention of Mahindra engineers now they are occurring which may be other uses of Polysil on electric cars, but he never confirm.
To be clear we are talking about "make liquid silicon so that it becomes an easily spendable paint and then be able to cold vitrifying any surface». Yes, because the Polysil once spread makes everything cleaner, resilient and flexible. "We always think of the glass as a brittle material and little malleable, but we work with thickness of 6-8 microns, and in these measures, the glass is a machinable material so incredible ». In addition, once dried on the construction material assumes all the characteristics: "If it was shiny gloss will, if it was opaque it will be opaque, like an invisible armor ". The latest collaboration is with Nanoprom Indesit for the production of freezer that "produce a 17% ice less, thereby reducing the use of electricity to cool ». The latest news that we can wrest from Falleti are "the first steps in the realization with an important automotive company of a concept car for the private market». we'll see.
