Lessons from a failed Tesla racing series.
In November 2017, I was in the South of France, strapped into a bucket seat and sitting behind the wheel of a race-modified Tesla Model S. I was trying to make a video about an audacious startup racing series called Electric GT, which had ambitions of becoming the first motorsport focused on race-ready versions of all the automakers’ flagship EVs. Much like the series itself, the video didn’t work out.
That software is one of Tesla’s most closely guarded secrets, and the Electric GT organizers just… didn’t have an answer for that. As I and other journalists pressed them repeatedly, it became clear that their best solution to the black box of Tesla’s battery management software was not to crack it, but to try to live with it.
The Formula E car was fast, fun, and a bit terrifying to drive, and proof that — done right — electric racingpossible at the time. The series only cemented that idea when it rolled out a second-generation car that was far more capable. I drove that one in 2019, and aside from a few more thrills, I walked away knowing that I didn’t even come close to the kind of performance it can really dole out.
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