From Friday 23rd October, RGE's engineers have been going up to Radical Sportscars to help assemble the "car parts" of the car i.e. all the suspension, steering column, brakes, bodywork etc. This is due to be finished at the end of this week, and then will then come down to London for final kitting out of ...

For people whom CAN sounds chinese: Cars have a lot of sensors: a speed sensor in each wheel, temperature sensors, pressure sensors, accelerator sensors, motor controllers, etc. To reduce all the low voltage signal wires that are connected to these sensors, car manufacturers use CAN (Controller Area Network).  CAN can be seen as an internet in ...

I'm please to announce that our chassis is well and truly under way and no longer just a CAD model! Last week Radical Sportscars started work on welding the modified SR8 chassis and have made great progress with all work ahead of schedule! Today Nik and myself took the chance to see the work in ...

Hi there, Great news...Radical Sportscars have upgraded us from an SR3 to an SR8 rolling chassis and bodywork! And if you hadn't heard already, the SR8 is the fastest track car in the world! (see http://www.radicalsportscars.com/news/international-news/2009/09/03/the-n-rburgring-story-part-one). This is quite amazing for us as it is a stronger chassis with more space in the rear for ...

Hi there, Design for the power train and vehicle packaging is now in full swing. We have done some simulations on a typical leg of the Zero Race using a modified standard European driving cycle so that it fits the race course as accurately as possible. Range, acceleration and top speed values will be available soon ...

Hi, I'm Aran, the Chief Powertrain Engineer on the project. Having successfully acquired sponsorship for our battery pack from ThunderSky, we have moved on to more fully defining the rest of the systems on the car. This includes choosing our electric motors, their controllers, the software/hardware control for the vehicle, cooling and much more. This is ...