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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Hi, I’m Alex and I’m the Project Manager for Racing Green Endurance. With this blog we aim to give regular updates so that no matter who or where you are, you can come here and check out the latest and most exciting things that RGE has been up to! Over the last few months, our [...]

  We have some big news: Last week we finally reached an agreement to supply batteries for our car! This is a fantastic milestone for the project and it’s a great reward for everybody’s hard work over the last few months. We are delighted to announce that Thunder Sky, one of the largest battery companies [...]