| Posted on May 5, 2010 at 3:53 PM |   edit  comments (0) |
It is fascinating to read that Formula 1 is looking to set standards aimed at reducing the size of car engines from 2013 to smaller 1.5-2.0 litre turbocharged devices.
Additional energy recovery and electrical booster systems will help 'do more with less' in these times of dwindling fossil fuel supplies, higher fuel costs, emissions limits and congestion charges. If the engineering might of Formula 1 cannot make smaller, greener but equally powerful engines then there is little hope of such technology emerging from elsewhere.
Sadly, rumours of an F1 effort to develop a zero emission engine appear to be unfounded.
I think the integration of the newer hybrid technologies and electrical augmentation can only help speed the public acceptance of these features in road cars.
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