In two years, the Rallycross World Championship will be electric. The Austrian company Kreisel Electric will supply the corresponding drive.
The FIA World Council has decided: From 2021 to 2024, Kreisel Electric will supply the kit for the electric drive with which the Rallycross World Championship (WRX) will open a new chapter.
The drive system consists of a battery with 52.65 kWh capacity, a unique cooling system, and an electric motor each on the front and rear axle, producing 500 kW (680 hp). The teams should be able to retrofit their current vehicles with this kit or build new cars with gyroscopes’ help.
The price for the kit is 300,000 euros plus 100,000 euros for four years of support. According to the world association, this is cheaper than using well-known combustion engines.
The prototype will be presented in March 2020, and orders can be placed from April 17, 2020.
Junior Electric Championship
One step below, QEV Technologies was selected to implement the new Junior Electric Championship concept, which is also scheduled to start in 2021. QEV is to develop a uniform four-wheel-drive vehicle for this purpose, which will have a 32 kWh battery and 250 kW. Up to 20 cars compete in six European races, and the costs per race will be 30,000 euros.
source https://www.mobil1boostmobileracing.com.au/kreisel-electric-will-equip-electric-wrx/
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