Ford could bring F1-inspired 'skunkworks' EVs to Europe

(autocar.co.uk)

5 points | by breve 4 hours ago

2 comments

  • JSR_FDED 1 hour ago
    > He highlighted this as a particular area where Ford could outperform Chinese rivals, some of which he said "have really cheap batteries, and that's their problem".

    With >100 EV companies in China competing with each other to death (only 15 expected to survive), I really doubt any aerodynamic efficiencies that Ford claims to have will be a lasting differentiator.

  • ungreased0675 3 hours ago
    The Formula 1 tie-in is probably because people who aren’t race fans know what that is.

    Ford has plenty of factory race teams they could have borrowed aerodynamic talent from, but the headline IMSA-inspired wouldn’t make sense to most people.