TTXGP

is the regen limit simply a function of how fast you can push the charge back into the battery? the resistance of the cells to large charging currents?

if that is the limit and the MIT paper from last year about the nonstoicheometric lifepo4 allows the battery makers to build new designs with the improved cathodic granules then that would allow charging at up to 10-15C levels.

at that point the battery will be acting more like a large capacitor than battery, but maybe still not fast enuff if you need to depend on it for braking. it will be interesting to see how this works.
 
So, with this years TTX-GP apparently at odds with the Isle of Man, what will come of it in the future?

Motorsport is always plagued with stories of "May not run this year..." or "Max Mosley spits the dummy..." sort of thing, and the racing goes on as always most of the time, so should we be worried?

I for one am worried about the high cost of entering the TTX-GP, the lack of an Australian heat (early days, I know, but getting the bike to the other side of the world is a LOT of cash for backyard innovators like me ;)) and the small prize money. However, unless they keep the rules pretty open and the entry fees low, we won't get the tecnological development we really need for the EV world.


So does anyone in the know have any clarification of the UK TTX-GP, or is the Electric Isle of Man race a thing of history?

Uninformed opinons welcome, of course ;)
 
Much to my annoyance, I discovered yesterday (Sunday) that the race had happened last Thursday (10th). See for example:
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/06/electric-bikes/
Edit:
But this is a better site:
http://www.egrandprix.com/
 
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