Uke wema ucabange ukuthi zizobe zinjani izimoto ezizogijima kwi-24 Hours of Le Mans ngo-2030? I-Lotus isivele ikwenzile futhi umphumela waba I-Lotus E-R9.
Idizayinwe nguRussell Carr, umqondisi wokuklama we-Lotus futhi obhekele ukuklanywa kwe-Evija, i-E-R9 ithathe ugqozi emhlabeni wezobunhloli, into ebonakala ngokucacile uma nje uyibuka.
Ngokuqondene negama, i-“E-R” iyafana nethi “endurance racer” kanye nelithi “9” ireferensi yeLotus yokuqala yomjaho e-Le Mans. Kuze kube manje kuwucwaningo lokuklama okubonakalayo, kodwa ngokusho kwenhloko ye-aerodynamics e-Lotus, u-Richard Hill, i-E-R9 "ihlanganisa ubuchwepheshe esithemba ukubuthuthukisa futhi busebenzise."
Shapeshift "ukusika" umoya
Okugqamile okuyinhloko kwe-Lotus E-R9, ngaphandle kokungabaza okuningi, umsebenzi wayo womzimba owakhiwe ngamaphaneli akwazi ukunweba nokushintsha umumo.
Bhalisela iphephandaba lethu
Isibonelo esicacile se-aerodynamics esebenzayo, lezi zivumela imoto ukuthi ishintshe isimo njengoba ibhekene nochungechunge lwamajika kusekhethi noma ubude obuqondile, ngaleyo ndlela ikhulise noma inciphise ukudonsa nokudonsa kwe-aerodynamic ngokwezimo.
Ngokusho kwe-Lotus, lo msebenzi ungenziwa umshayeli ngokusebenzisa umyalo noma ngokuzenzakalelayo ngolwazi oluqoqwe izinzwa ze-aerodynamic.
ugesi kunjalo
Njengoba ungalindela kumfanekiso obikezela ukuthi izimoto zokuncintisana zesikhathi esizayo zingabukeka kanjani, i-Lotus E-R9 ingugesi ongu-100%.
Naphezu kokuba, okwamanje, isifundo esibonakalayo nje, iLotus ithuthukisa ukuthi ilandela isibonelo se-Evija futhi inamamotho kagesi amane (eyodwa esondweni ngalinye), ayivumeli nje kuphela ukudonsa okugcwele kodwa futhi ne-torque vectorization.
Esinye isici "esivelele" ku-prototype ye-Lotus yiqiniso lokuthi ivumela ukushintshaniswa kwebhethri okusheshayo. Ngale ndlela, kungenzeka ukugwema izinqubo zokushaja ezinde, ngokumane uguqule amabhethri ekuvakasheni kwendabuko kumabhokisi.
Mayelana nalokhu, unjiniyela we-Lotus Platform uLouis Kerr uthe: “Ngaphambi kuka-2030, sizoba namabhethri ekhemistri exubile azonikeza okuhle kakhulu kuwo womabili umhlaba futhi sizoba nethuba lokushintsha amabhethri ngesikhathi sokumisa umgodi“.