New Pikes Peak Record 2015 Electric cars wins overall PPIHC

[mep]

I am glad it makes some sound. Sound gives you an important feedback of the vehicle and the speed.

[J.A.W.]

Someone stated that an ICE is going to lose 40% power from top to bottom of the mountain. I bet that number is for a non-turbo motor as a turbo will lose a significantly smaller amount.

40% is to sea level and yes a turbo helps but there isn't much O2 up there.

Actually SR is correct..

Indeed, it was almost a century ago that Pikes Peak was selected for/as a high altitude base by Stanford Moss
for carrying out field research - & developing early ICE aero-engine turbo-charger tech..

The self compensation of compressor/turbine pressures over the atmospheric altitude gradient was seen
as advantageous compared to fixed mechanical supercharging ratios.

Of course, the primary basis was to maintain sea-level engine power at altitude by turbo compensation,
rather than over-boosting, but the principles still apply..

http://www.enginehistory.org/Piston/Int ... Cdev.shtml

[J.A.W.]

I am glad it makes some sound. Sound gives you an important feedback of the vehicle and the speed.

Too bad that the "sound" is such an awful whining noise, though..

[graham.reeds]

If I ever make an EV sports car I am going to call it The Banshee.

Watching the vid he seems to lift rather early before braking whereas Loeb is a lot more on it.

Also his aero starts to fail as the air thins and wing is less effective - after a wiggle he lifts even more.

Fair play to him - I doubt I could get within 5 minutes of his time with the same equipment.