{"id":47703,"date":"2022-08-17T05:20:47","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T05:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/michelins-formula-e-gamble-ends-with-a-road-tire-for-evs\/"},"modified":"2022-08-17T05:20:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T05:20:47","slug":"michelins-formula-e-gamble-ends-with-a-road-tire-for-evs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/michelins-formula-e-gamble-ends-with-a-road-tire-for-evs\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelin’s Formula E ‘Gamble’ Ends With a Road Tire for EVs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Formula E crowned a new world champion on Sunday when Mercedes driver Stoffel Vandoorne picked up the trophy<\/span> in Korea. But there’s more change afoot than the passing around of titles. The final race in season eight marked the end of the Gen 2 era<\/span> in FE and the departure of Michelin as the sport’s sole tire supplier.<\/p>\n

After eight years with Formula E, Michelin is being replaced by Korean firm Hankook<\/span> as the electric racing series’ only supplier of the all-weather tires its cars run on. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Formula E was being presented in Paris, it was a really big gamble for everybody,\u201d says Mirko Pirracchio, Michelin’s Formula E Program Manager. <\/p>\n

\u201cAt that time, the EV numbers were very few \u2013 there was the Twizy, the Zoe and such. People looked at the EVs of the time as very new, very technological, but far from being something usable in the cities.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Since then, the popularity of electric cars has skyrocketed. in 2014, just 114,000 EVs were sold<\/span> in the US, while last year more than 630,000 batteries<\/span> and hybrid electric cars were sold.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the reasons we accepted this adventure was that we understood that with Formula E we could keep our laboratory approach,\u201d explains Pirracchio. \u201cWe used the Formula E laboratory to be able to present the Pilot Sport EV, a road car tire that is a high performance tire for electric vehicles. For us, it is the end of our cycle in Formula E.\u201d<\/p>\n

Today, this tire takes everything Michelin learned while developing different compounds for Formula E and puts it out on the highway for regular customers. It’s also the same tire used on the Formula E Porsche Taycan<\/span> safety car. Getting this tire on the road the company’s \u201cgoal of our adventure here,\u201d says Pirracchio. <\/p>\n

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Now, the company says it will take everything it learned about more sustainable race tires in Formula E to other series.<\/p>\n

It already has a foot in the door at Porsche and is developing compounds that can cope with the insane power levels its next endurance racer will produce<\/span>. Michelin is also eyeing closer ties with other sustainable series, such as the hydrogen-powered Mission H24 series. <\/p>\n

Pirracchio says: \u201cNow, we are looking towards other ventures. We are looking to Moto E, we started the partnership with Porsche for the GTP E Performance, we also work with H24 for hydrogen racing<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cEight years is a pretty long period for a manufacturer involved in a championship. Now is the time to use our technology in other championships.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Wheel of change. photo: David Dee Delgado (Getty Images) Formula E crowned a new world champion on Sunday when Mercedes driver Stoffel Vandoorne picked up the trophy in Korea. But there’s more change afoot than the passing around of titles. The final race in season eight marked the end of the Gen 2 era in …<\/p>\n

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