{"id":76030,"date":"2024-08-22T12:04:30","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T16:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=76030"},"modified":"2024-08-22T12:04:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T16:04:30","slug":"1144221_see-nascar-s-electric-race-car-prototype-in-bare-plant-based-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=76030","title":{"rendered":"See NASCAR’s electric race car prototype in bare plant-based body"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASCAR’s proposed electric race car<\/strong> aims to be sustainable in more ways than just its powertrain.<\/p>\n

The prototype electric race car<\/a><\/strong>, which was first shown in July, features a body made from natural-fiber-reinforced plastic<\/strong> that uses flax fibers in its construction.<\/p>\n

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The company responsible for the body is Switzerland’s Bcomp, which has released photos of the prototype with its body left bare.<\/p>\n

Bcomp specializes in sustainable lightweight materials primarily based on flax, a plant that requires very little water and nutrients to grow and whose fibers can be collected without the use of chemicals.<\/p>\n

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NASCAR electric race car prototype<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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NASCAR electric race car prototype<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Bcomp already supplies its products both in and outside the auto industry. Porsche was an early adopter of Bcomp’s natural-fiber-reinforced plastic, having used it since 2019 on some of its race cars, including the 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For NASCAR’s prototype electric race car, the body is wrapped around a modified Next Gen chassis, with steering, suspension, wheels, and brakes all derived from the current NASCAR Cup Series car.<\/p>\n

The powertrain consists of a 78-kwh battery<\/strong> feeding a trio of electric motors delivering a combined 1,341 hp<\/strong>. While such a configuration wouldn’t last the length of a conventional race, a unique format using shorter track and races lasting 30-35 minutes would be possible, according to Pat DiMarco, Ford Performance\u2019s manager of NASCAR and analytics.<\/p>\n

NASCAR has only built the one prototype, and for now there are no solid plans to launch an electric series. However, there are reports a NASCAR electric series is already in the planning stages<\/a>, though the launch may be some time away. NASCAR said its prototype only serves to provide a glimpse of what’s possible \u201cyears down the road.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NASCAR’s proposed electric race car aims to be sustainable in more ways than just its powertrain. The prototype electric race car, which was first shown in July, features a body made from natural-fiber-reinforced plastic that uses flax fibers in its construction. The company responsible for the body is Switzerland’s Bcomp, which has released photos of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}