Unusual FIA eRX2 Championship situation to impress worldwide rallycross competitors

The championship locations the emphasis on driver capacity and ingenuity within the single-specification electrical series.

Sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l’Car, eRX2 is a three design partnership between the Spanish electro-mobility specialist QEV Technologies, Olsbergs MSE and RX Promotion, the firm that operates the present RX2 International Series. This might possibly possibly be flee by the FIA World Rallycross Championship promoter, IMG.

Having secured the FIA’s gentle to originate the ‘arrive-and-pressure’ eRX2 belief – based totally mostly around a bespoke, lightweight four wheel-pressure electrical rallycross automotive with a spaceframe chassis and 32kWh battery producing 250kW (335bhp) of energy – QEV Technologies has spent the previous nine months making ready for its delivery.

The first iteration of the eRX2 automotive – featuring an intervening time ‘prototype’ composite bodyshell on an RX2 Supercar Lites chassis – modified into unveiled all over RallyX Nordic ‘All-Superstar’ Magic Weekend at Höljes in Sweden earlier this month.

The battery – which has been fully safety-licensed – is mounted next to the driver within the centre of the automotive to ensure optimum, 50/50 weight distribution, whereas energy is provided evenly to the front and rear wheels by a pair of motors and inverters, all of which catch pleasure in a cooling plot to forestall low temperatures.

The eRX2 automotive shall be in a spot to flee for as much as 25 minutes, with advised 20-minute recharges between periods over the direction of a flee weekend. The closing automotive is situation to be formally presented towards the raze of this year, and six European events are deliberate for the inaugural season.

Gyarfas Olah, FIA Off-Boulevard Commission President, acknowledged:

“We are happy that thru the delivery of the FIA eRX2 Championship we’re in a spot to present a designate-positive entry level for youthful drivers to turn into allotment of rallycross’s electrical future. We ticket forward to making further bulletins relating to the championship over the coming months.”

Joan Orús, COO, QEV Technologies, acknowledged:

“We firmly mediate that the FIA eRX2 Championship can play a valuable feature in helping to form the manner forward for rallycross’ electrical panorama.

“With quick, interesting races, rallycross is the edifying discipline for electrical autos, and we’re confident eRX2 will generate more dynamic and spectacular action than has ever been considered earlier than. Now not handiest will the stage of torque available create the automotive seriously faster than the present RX2 model, however this might possibly possibly additionally additionally be more not easy to pressure, a key train in helping to situation up competitors for the next circulation-as much as Supercar level.”

Paul Bellamy, Senior Vice President for motorsports events at IMG, the FIA World Rallycross Championship promoter, acknowledged:

“We ticket how valuable it’s for drivers progressing to worldwide competitors to flee at World Championship events, it’s though-provoking that the next period of drivers shall be in a spot to pressure bespoke electrical flee autos and be on the forefront of the electrification of rallycross.”