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Ford could bring F1-inspired 'skunkworks' EVs to Europe
- ungreased0675 3mo agoThe 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.
- JSR_FDED 3mo 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.