Emva kweFormula E, ngoku lithuba lobuntshatsheli beemoto ezikhenkethayo ukufumana “indlela eyahlukileyo” yeemoto zombane eziyi-100%. I-E TCR series yintshatsheli yokuqala yoKhenketho lombane kwaye iya kuqhuba izenzo zayo zokukhangisa ngexesha le-2018, ngaphambi kokuba iqalise ngokwalo njengodidi olutsha kwi-2019.
I-CUPRA e-Racer, esadibana nayo kuMboniso weMoto wokugqibela we-Geneva, yiTurismo yokuqala ekwaziyo ukuhlangabezana neemfuno zokuthatha inxaxheba kwi-E TCR entsha. Ii-injini zikwi-asi engasemva kwaye zihambisa ukuya kuthi ga kwi-500 kW (680 hp), oko kukuthi i-242 kW (330 hp) ngaphezu kwamandla aqhelekileyo kwi-CUPRA TCR kuguqulelo lwepetroli, ngaphezu kokubandakanya amandla okubuyisela amandla. Xa kuthelekiswa ne-injini ye-thermal CUPRA TCR, i-e-Racer inobunzima obungaphezulu kwe-400 kilos, kodwa igcina ukusebenza kakuhle, kunye nokunyuka kwe-0 ukuya kwi-100 km / h kwi-3.2 imizuzwana kunye ne-8.2 imizuzwana phakathi kwe-0 kunye ne-200 km / h.
Matthias Rabe, uSekela Mongameli wezoPhando noPhuhliso e-SEATSibheja kwi-E TCR kuba siqinisekile ukuba ikamva lokhuphiswano liya kuxhomekeka kwiimoto zombane. Kwangendlela i-SEAT Leon Cup Racer yabeka ngayo iziseko zobuchwephesha bobuntshatsheli be-TCR, siye saphinda savutha umkhondo kula mava matsha.
USekela Mongameli woPhando kunye noPhuhliso kwi-SEAT ukwamema "abanye abavelisi ukuba bahlanganyele nathi kolu hambo lunomdla."
Kuyo yonke i-2018, siya kubona i-CUPRA e-Racer kwezinye iziganeko ze-TCR, eziza kusivumela ukuba sihlole amandla okuthelekisa ngokuthe ngqo kunye neemoto ze-TCR zokhuphiswano lwepetroli. Injongo kukulungisa i-e-Racer kangangoko kunokwenzeka, ukuze iguqulwe ibe yimoto ekhuphisanayo ekuqaleni kobuntshatsheli be-E TCR, obucwangciselwe u-2019.
Ukuba iqinisekisiwe, uphawu lwe-CUPRA luqhubeka nelifa le-SEAT kwi-motorsport, eneminyaka engaphezu kwama-40, oko kubonisa umbono wayo wekamva.