Porsche has lifted the covers on its newest System E challenger, the 99X Electrical Gen3.
The third-generation System E racer, to be pushed by António Félix da Costa and Pascal Wehrlein, is considerably upgraded in contrast with its predecessor, the 99X Electrical Gen2.
The Porsche-developed powertrain has been uprated from 250kW (335bhp) within the Gen2 automobile to 350kW (469bhp), with rear brake vitality regeneration greater than doubled to 600kW.
These enhancements are partly due to the addition of a entrance motor, bolstering most regeneration such that hydraulic brakes are not required on the rear. Recuperated vitality accounts for greater than 40% of that utilized in a race, Porsche mentioned.
Apart from the powertrain, the remainder of the automobile – the chassis, batteries and aerodynamics, for instance – is customary throughout System E. Sustainability is some extent of emphasis for these parts: the Williams Superior Engineering batteries might be recycled or reused on the finish of every season, and the carbonfibre utilized in every chassis is recycled from retired Gen2 automobiles.
The 99X Electrical Gen3 will make its debut on the Mexico Metropolis E-Prix on 14 January 2023.
Porsche is “assured that [it will] make additional progress” creating the automobile earlier than the season begins, in response to Florian Modlinger, Porsche’s System E boss, who added that the group might be in a “good place” within the sport’s new period.
Modlinger mentioned: “The brand new Gen3 autos, together with our Porsche 99X Electrical Gen3, will hopefully make the races much more spectacular for followers and provides the recognition of System E worldwide much more of a lift.”
Thomas Laudenbach, vice-president of Porsche Motorsport, mentioned: “Just like the all-new System E era, the Porsche 99X Electrical Gen3 represents a technological milestone in all-electric racing. For System E and in addition for Porsche, campaigning these new automobiles from season 9 of the ABB FIA System E World Championship is a major step into the way forward for motorsport. We’re wanting ahead to the beginning of the season and a brand new period.”
Porsche completed seventh out of 11 groups within the 2021-22 System E season, regardless of taking a one-two end within the second spherical in Mexico Metropolis. The group’s kind dwindled thereafter, and Mercedes-EQ and former System 1 driver Stoffel Vandoorne took the drivers’ and constructors’ championships.
