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Pikes Peak Hillclimb - Electric cars place 1st and 2nd!

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Well, one of the bigger technical challenges of that particular race is how to tune a car to perform well from the (relatively) low altitude at the start to the much higher level of the finish line.

Electrics don't have that problem.
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Well, one of the bigger technical challenges of that particular race is how to tune a car to perform well from the (relatively) low altitude at the start to the much higher level of the finish line.

Electrics don't have that problem.



Why would any modern car with mass flow sensor and fuel injection, need to be tuned for altitude???
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ryoder

***Well, one of the bigger technical challenges of that particular race is how to tune a car to perform well from the (relatively) low altitude at the start to the much higher level of the finish line.

Electrics don't have that problem.



Why would any modern car with mass flow sensor and fuel injection, need to be tuned for altitude???

Oops. :$

Ok, how about electrics don't lose power as altitude is gained, as a normally aspirated car does?
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wolfriverjoe

******Well, one of the bigger technical challenges of that particular race is how to tune a car to perform well from the (relatively) low altitude at the start to the much higher level of the finish line.

Electrics don't have that problem.



Why would any modern car with mass flow sensor and fuel injection, need to be tuned for altitude???

Oops. :$

Ok, how about electrics don't lose power as altitude is gained, as a normally aspirated car does?


Also range isn't an issue with an event that is all over in less than 10 minutes. Batteries can have a very high energy release rate and the motors develop instant torque.
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wolfriverjoe

******Well, one of the bigger technical challenges of that particular race is how to tune a car to perform well from the (relatively) low altitude at the start to the much higher level of the finish line.

Electrics don't have that problem.



Why would any modern car with mass flow sensor and fuel injection, need to be tuned for altitude???

Oops. :$

Ok, how about electrics don't lose power as altitude is gained, as a normally aspirated car does?

OK, I'll buy that.
However turbocharging/supercharging is allowed, so that should compensate.
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