Pikes Peak race car Ep10 - Track test 

0-60 in 3s is very impressive in those conditions! Great to see the progression of BugZappa :D

3 seconds , with aero of a barn door. Dam it's going to be GREAT

3 sec 0-60 in the wet and ice cold tyres is amazing can't wait to see the full send well done

This is awesome! Next practice session should be a replica of Ari Vatanen's Pike Peak exploits, driving with one hand while shielding your eyes with the other hand from the grey skies 😜

Not bad at all for a first attempt. That car gas plenty of..... potential! Nice job, team! And thanks Richard. 🙂👍

Excellent! Just need to upgrade the tow car to a Model X now. I didn't know you were doing Pikes Peak in this one!

This is my favourite project from your channel, this car has so much potential!

Good times! Can’t wait to see when things are optimal. Cheers!

Love the enthusiasm and boundary pushing. Good on you.

I love one off projects like this, fantastic work! 👏 On another note, i went up pikes peak on my motorcycle a few years ago and it gets legitimately scary up near the top, even at a moderate pace! 👍

Love the first principles approach to the design which gives you unique knowledge of the predicted performance parameters and enables you to focus quickly to where adjustments and changes are required. Addictive watching Richard 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿😎

Cool Richard! Is both exciting and very entertaining to follow the project.

Pikes Peak 😮 holy spinning off road Batman! Are you serious 🧐 oh wow this is incredibly exciting. I can’t wait 😝 🥰😍😂

Drone footage is great ... Really do love this channel

Brilliant bit of engineering there Moggy.... Great to see a shake down.... Loved this one.

Love Curborough track. Used to sprint in lots of different cars there

Just what I thought, then you said it. Pikes Peak!

It's fun coming along for the fine tuning sessions on this little rocket. Thanks, guys :)

My microwave starts automatically to make the popcorn whenever a video is uploaded. 🍿😂👍🏻

Exciting times guys! Pikes peak! Did you guys sort out the locked 4X4 issue? If you set up a membership through RU-vid, and it helps develop this project faster, I'm in!

Drone footage is great. The missing ingredient for your showcase videos. Hooray 🎉

It's like building character for the BugZappa!

Hey Richard. Love your work 👍

Looking good Richard. Jolly good.

3:03 The intense fan noise made me seriously wonder if this was also going to become a drone

Great projects, all this yall got bugs fly 😂 one day imma do one too 😊

Getting the wings (the American fenders) on will probably be enough to bring that down a lot; putting wings (as in spoilers) on will be even better.

That was great!!!!! MAN!!! I love your channel!!!!!😀🤩

The Bugzilla was fav name, I still think its a Monster ...

Nice shakedown guys ❤

Great vid chaps, can't wait for more!

Great project.

Bonkers, in a good way 🙂

+20 degrees for short sprints in freezing cold, will need to check that when its 25 degrees ambient and batteries getting to 50? Although once the front clip is on, directing airflow much more efficiently over the rad that should again help. Good progress!

9:29 It's interesting that Tony pulled up on the torque wrench. I always lean down on it; it takes less effort!

OMG!! Will you be at this 2024 Pikes Peaks race this year?? I am so excited to see the car in person =)

Looking forward to the production sport car

Lithium hates cold temps. Maybe put the fans onto a thermostat because you could damage the cells from undertemp Edit - I'm thinking of cold winter days when you set off from cold. I guess hard wiring the fans for pikes peaks makes sense from a reliability perspective

Err,sorry did you just say pikes peak? Rock & Roll!

That thing sounds so coooool! Great progress man :D

Seems to drive alright 👍

Good start, considering how many moving pieces there are to consider. Just curious: 7:48 is the software and monitoring that enabled Ben to see call temperatures available to end users? I wonder if there are many who would be interested in that sort of thing.

Fantastic

I've ran manual steering in all of my race cars and never had a problem. Neither has Jim Clark, Niki Lauda, or Fangio had a problem with manual racks.

Looks like you're enjoying yourself... 😁

I think the optimum temperature for the batteries is about 45c for maximum performance so Pikes Peak may be still be challenging for thermal issues. No idea to what extent such high elevation will have on your cooling and what the ambient is. Unlike ICE vehicles it will not directly kill your power. Shakedown looking good, well done.

You have to beat the 1.99s that the original plaid has. :)

I know it’s not that relevant, but a run at Santa Pod when it warms up would be good.

Good effort boys! Bring it to New Zealand for race to the sky. Love to see it.

as someone who is addicted to speed. i love EV's for that jump they get off the line, but god dang do i miss the rip and roar of a good ICE exhaust notes

Who else here wants to have Moggy as their next door neighbor?

Great video. Our of interest did you manage to resolve the FWD & RWD switching issue from the last video?

looks like a fun shake down run. Bit frigid there in Wales. You look a bit cold Richard. What was torque steer like if any? Will you be ready for Pikes 2024?

Well done mate, that is an awesome machine. Even though there is still heaps to do. Oh the EXOdrones are going to hate this! 🙂

Well: it's not all fun and games on a Caribbean shore!

An actual electric Volkswagen Beetle! As opposed to common as muck Yankswagen Beetles (Teslas)

what’s all this pikes peak chatter? did I miss an announcement?

Where were you when i still had a Bug ?!

Did you consider including a super capacitor in the drivetrain? I've always thought that having a capacitor to be able to accept massive amounts of energy when breaking and then being able to deliver that back out when accelerating would be more efficient and reduce strain/mitigate some limitations of the battery. It adds more complexity but the payoff could be worth it. I'd love to know your thoughts on it as you actually know the electrics inside out.

The car looks neat but I find the data pretty boring to me. The fan noise is way too high to my thinking but I’m definitely not a technical guy at all. I like to see acceleration and how it does cornering but I personally get bored hearing about battery packs and regen etc. I know I’m probably in the wrong sight. Good Luck on your goals though.👍👍

How hard would it be to install some form of telemetry so the car can transmit real time data instead of waiting to plug it in?!?

Question how do you get the information to be displayed on the Apple tablet? I would like part numbers for the connectors that are being used. Thanks for all your information.

Nice progress report, but most importantly: First(?) appearance of a longer version of the title music. What's the name of the song? Where can I get it? 😉

What was the Ambient temps? As a delta of 30C over ambient is quite alot. How much of the battery energy was consumed getting to those temps and how does this compare to the expected usage during a race/run?

Just round the corner from me!

That's look cool to drive.

Nice sprint times will you be modifying or building a new road going bug for yourself?And great to see other staff team members 👍one last question warming up the battery cells to an even temperature is the tech available to warm and cool individual cells for a perfect battery on demand?

Did I hear "Pikes peak"?

My take away from this testing is that your wedding ring is really tight! 😂 10.35

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PIKES PEAK did i hear right theres a plan for there

The "electric grin", ..everyone has one, you Know.

Can cover ECC boffins fit a hydronic hats drivers seat?😊

for improving cooling, I believe the most efficient solution is to make a cage next to the radiator, and fill it with (carbon neutral) dry ice

I see the tread direction is reversed on one side of the car. Does this matter?

These chrysler batteries. Are there alternatives that are available from catl etc. That have good power with minimal sag?

Given how short a run Pikes peak actually is (around 11min) it's unlikely that battery cell temperature will be the limiting factor because of the high thermal mass of that battery. Given the high altitude and hence thin air and hecne poor cooling, i suspect you'll find inverter or motor temps drive you into thermal limitation well before the battery gets anywhere near critical. Most teams precool their systems with dry ice to start with inverter and motor at say -10degC or less. You can also use evapourative cooling, ie expanding Co2 from a high pressure cylinder to maximse motor and inverter cooling.......

If want the temp up, why run the fans all the time? Isnt it a good idea to run with and then without fans? Also, if the battery or motor needs cooling the you are done and you shut it off. Is there never a need for the fans to still run for a while after you turn it off?

@10:55 had you just filled your trousers?

When will you be at Pikes Peak?

How many kWh in your battery pack to get you to the top with 1000 hp? How much do the batteries weigh? I ran numbers once and I think it required basically an entire 57.5 kWh model 3 battery pack which weighs over 1,000 lbs

This thing is so incredibly awesome, so you're definitely under 2 w/traction.

Lemon power lemon car.

Very interesting to see what the 0-60 will be when dry and hot 👍

I didn't know you were taking to pikes peak, will that be this year ? and what sort of colour scheme are you planning ?

Hi, two questions you may want to dive into a little: first: how do you see incorporating heat pumps into classics? Second: what do you think about hub motors for an easier electrifying of, especially smaller, classic cars? Are companies working with hub motors atm scam or could it be a solution for fast electrification of ICEs?

So you are heading to pikes peak. Are you planning for this year?

"taters"? hmm what's taters precious

The battery isn't getting up to temperature and the fans are running! Is it me?

14:34 Why do people pull up on wheel nuts? Swing the ratchet around 180 deg and push down. 🤔 Would love to see this on a 1/4 mile. 😊

Pikes Peak?

I notice the SUV (some VAG thing VW or Porsche maybe) and trailer in the drone shot near the start of the video and it made me wonder…. What are the issues with towing upto 3.5 tonnes with EV power? Towing normally reduces max speed and mpg, so how hard will it hit range? That said the torque must be promising for getting going and regen braking for getting stopped? I’m not a complete EV cynic (my enthusiasm is waning slightly due to the away from home charging situation somewhat) but this does seem to be an area where the large EV SUV’s might not meet the needs of some users down the road. New users are less likely to use their EV SUVs for towing, but many second or third time owners use these sort of vehicles to tow right upto the 3.5 ton limit! I’ve not heard on any new EV with the full 3.5 ton towing limit yet. Any insight would be interesting. Thanks for another interesting update on the EV Bug (the nickname eludes me!).

Putting the battery under 100% gen, don’t brake it in the long run? Losing % over time?

As an none educated race car person, at 14:30 I was listening to you and looking at the car, what i noticed were the tire tread pattern on the tires, front left and front right the pattern on the left outside edge goes down and the right goes up, is this correct or is the tire on backwords???

Any Regen? or all friction brakes?

Isn't bad for the lithium cells to cycle them at such low temps? cool project, not a big fan of hacking classics, but a vw bug no issues!

Those wheels are beautiful. Anybody know the specs?

Adoro! carro electrico rebocado por carro a combustão ...

Hello guys