Mitsubishi electric Evo Pikes Peak race car
May 23, 2012 | 03:50 AM
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Mitsubishi electric Evo Pikes Peak race car
Though Mitsubishi officially calls this Pikes Peak Hill Climb car the i-MiEV Evolution, we've taken to referring to this electro-monster the Zebulon Evo. Destined to be piloted in the Race to the Clouds by team manager Hiroshi Masuoka, the racer differs from the stock Mitsubishi i in rather significant ways.
Rather than the road car's single 49-kilowatt motor, the Zebulon Evo features three 80-kilowatt motors--two driving the rear wheels while one spins the fronts--and a 35-kilowatt-hour battery pack to keep the juice flowing on the way up the mountain. For reference, the stock car makes do with a 16-kilowatt-hour pack.
The ZEvo sacrifices the i's unibody structure for a tube chassis wrapped in carbon-fiber panels; the result is a bit like an IMSA GTP car as imagined by Little Tikes.
The other factory-supported i on the mountain will be Beccy Gordon's machine, which will apparently be much closer to models available in Mitsubishi showrooms. Win on the mountain, sell on . . . ? Eh, none of the rhymes work. We'll just stop now.
Read more: http://www.autoweek.com/article/2012...#ixzz1vgWIy7Wr
http://autoweek.com/storyimage/CW/20...r.jpg&maxW=630
Rather than the road car's single 49-kilowatt motor, the Zebulon Evo features three 80-kilowatt motors--two driving the rear wheels while one spins the fronts--and a 35-kilowatt-hour battery pack to keep the juice flowing on the way up the mountain. For reference, the stock car makes do with a 16-kilowatt-hour pack.
The ZEvo sacrifices the i's unibody structure for a tube chassis wrapped in carbon-fiber panels; the result is a bit like an IMSA GTP car as imagined by Little Tikes.
The other factory-supported i on the mountain will be Beccy Gordon's machine, which will apparently be much closer to models available in Mitsubishi showrooms. Win on the mountain, sell on . . . ? Eh, none of the rhymes work. We'll just stop now.
Read more: http://www.autoweek.com/article/2012...#ixzz1vgWIy7Wr
http://autoweek.com/storyimage/CW/20...r.jpg&maxW=630
