He added that it would take a 'big chunk' of development budget for his team and teams like Mahindra to contend with those manufacturers in that situation. NIO 333 deputy team principal Russell O'Hagan added that the financial implications would be difficult for his team to contend with, and that 'only four or five manufacturers in the world' could consider racing in Formula E with open battery technology. How NIO 333's new home is helping it prepare for Formula E's Gen3 era.'So it would be subject to having the right partners, I think, but not the work of a moment to put that in place, both technically and commercially, I think it would be a massive change.' Read Also: 'Porsche can say, 'okay, we're going to do battery development, because we're an OEM and we use it in our EV range.' We have to get them on board with doing battery development. 'We stand as 333 Racing, where we're a minnow, we've got the backing of NIO as a title sponsor. 'But as I mention that, people make a quantum step and it opens the door for there to be a bigger void between teams. 'But I think it would help in terms of battery development for OEMs. 'The type of battery technology that you need for road car versus race car is notably different,' Laycock said, 'because you're after long duration, whereas we are after the high energy usage over short periods of time. Laycock says that although the battery research would help OEMs despite the differences between racing and road EV energy storage technology, he says it would not be 'the work of a moment' to square it off commercially for the smaller teams.

Porsche motorsport boss Thomas Laudenbach is keen for FE and the FIA to allow battery technology to be partially opened up to the teams, suggesting a standard cell but leave the rest open to the teams to reduce the overall costs.įormula E has introduced a cost cap of €25 million across two seasons for manufacturer teams from 1 October.

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