[News-Oxcart Network]
On 20-23 January 2022, the WRC World Rally Championship will kick off a new 2022 season, with the first leg returning to Monaco Monte Carlo and the introduction of a new Raly1-spec hybrid car in the new season, aiming to achieve net zero emissions in 2030. Therefore, before the start of the race, Hyundai also officially released its new i20 N WRC Hybrid rally car for the 2022 season.
As a new race car in the hybrid era, this i20 N WRC Hybrid rally car first retains the previous 1.6T turbocharged engine, which is the only component left over from the old car. The 380 hp output is the same as the V6 Jaguar F-type, in fact, the power limit of the fuel engine is still very high, but these limits are completed on the basis of "engine racing reinforcement".
Of course, as a hybrid racing car, the hybrid module part is provided by Compact Dynamics, which you may not be familiar with, but you can tell everyone that F1 racing, Le Mans, FE racing are all hybrid module solutions provided by this company. In this solution, the total battery capacity is 3.9Kwh, while the electric motor has 134 horsepower, 180 Nm of torque output, and the comprehensive power output of the internal combustion engine is more than 500 horses.
In addition, the new hybrid racing application will also bring some changes to the rules. Among them, the electric device must be used in each rally stage, but the electric energy release is written by the team in advance to the electronic control unit, and the driver cannot control the power release time, and can only silently wait for the team to set the opening time, which is a bit embarrassing for the driver. During the race, the brakes will also be recovered, and the re-maintenance area can be charged, and the charging time of 20%-80% is 20 minutes.
Editor's Summary: Hyundai will send Thierry Neuville and Ott T nak to compete in 13 races throughout the year in the new WRC opener, while Oliver Solberg, son of WRC star Petter Solberg, will drive a third car to different races in Dani Sordo.
With the advent of the new hybrid era, the new car will also use a 5-speed sequential transmission, and eliminate the central differential, which will also simplify the chassis structure, thereby reducing the team's budget; and Toyota, Ford, Hyundai three major manufacturers in the race who can laugh to the end we still need time to prove. However, in future races, there will be more and more hybrid or pure electric racing cars, and there will even be the possibility of driverless cars.
For fans and ordinary car friends, it is the happiest thing to see racing cars and see drivers driving cars, because the driving style and temperament of drivers can infect many fans, but when there are really driverless cars in the future, those idol drivers who once worshiped may become cold machines, and perhaps your favorite events will become boring.