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Originally Posted by NGR
Interesting info and probably quite predictable for a road car. Carbon Ceramic brakes and decent brake fluid really needed for track use, modified engine/brake cooling probably useful as well for 'normal' road cars.
Electric cars have a problem with rapid battery discharge heating the battery as well as the cabling - not a problem on stop-start road use but extremes of track use are different altogether as you say. Wonder what it would take to make an EV capable of continuous high discharge/recharge without frying the battery, cabling or motor - with today's tech it might simply be too heavy/costly to be worthwhile?
I think some research into Formula E is needed to see how they do it...!
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I watched a /Drive video on the Drayson B12 (fully electric race car) and he said the technology exists for batteries to go that long, it just isn't safe/reliable enough for production. It surely is a matter of time, but it is being researched in more than just FE.
OP: Very cool review on the car though. Thanks for sharing