Developed for the Michelin Design Challenge 2017, the goal consisted in create a ready to race, winning machine for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Tesla T1 is the creation of a team of designers, that imagined a 2030 Tesla racing car good enough for the Le Mans 24 Hour race. The concept proposal was build up around the idea of using an unlimited power resource as the wind. From this point, everything took up shape starting from the four wheels: they had to serve as energy recovery systems taking advantage of Le Mans average speeds per lap and without depending only in braking regeneration as nowadays. The T1 has four air turbines integrated in the wheels, which are able to redirect the air through specific points crucial in the design: a fifth wind turbine in the body and the rear diffuser.
We don’t showcase concepts very often, but when we do, they’re totally badass, like the one below. It’s the creation of a team of designers, that imagined a 2030 Tesla racing car good enough for the Le Mans 24 Hour race. The result is so badass, it may as well race in Formula 1. Meet the Tesla T1 concept:
This car is dubbed “the future of energy efficiency” and it’s all about the turbines, aerodynamics and innovative wheels. Each free wheel is based on the Gorlov wind turbine, which is an elongated version of the flat turbine. It’s able to harness the power of wind from all directions and makes it very, very efficient. This system is embedded into each wheel, so it provides an independent air suction mechanism, a turbine.
The T1 Concept would use an electric motor with 335 horsepower (250 kilowatts) at each corner, and the complete system would produce 1,770 pound-feet (2,400 Newton-meters) of torque. A 70 kilowatt-hour battery would store the energy. The students estimate the racer could reach 255 miles per hour (410 kilometers per hour).
In addition to the high-tech power generation system, the T1 Concept would be able to speed through the corners by actively steering the wheels at the front and rear axle.
Omar Alfarra Zendah and the four other students came up with the original design for the T1 Concept last year. For his personal portfolio as his final year at the design school, Zendah created new renders and sketches of the car
While not running at Le Mans, the Tesla Model S will be hitting the track soon in the inaugural 10-race season of the Electric GT Championship. The vehicles have 778 hp (585 kW) and 734 lb-ft (995 Nm) of torque, and they can reach 60 mph (96 kph) in 2.1 seconds.
Developed for the Michelin Design Challenge 2017, the goal consisted in create a ready to race, winning machine for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Tesla T1 is the creation of a team of designers, that imagined a 2030 Tesla racing car good enough for the Le Mans 24 Hour race. The concept proposal was build up around the idea of using an unlimited power resource as the wind. From this point, everything took up shape starting from the four wheels: they had to serve as energy recovery systems taking advantage of Le Mans average speeds per lap and without depending only in braking regeneration as nowadays. The T1 has four air turbines integrated in the wheels, which are able to redirect the air through specific points crucial in the design: a fifth wind turbine in the body and the rear diffuser.
We don’t showcase concepts very often, but when we do, they’re totally badass, like the one below. It’s the creation of a team of designers, that imagined a 2030 Tesla racing car good enough for the Le Mans 24 Hour race. The result is so badass, it may as well race in Formula 1. Meet the Tesla T1 concept:
This car is dubbed “the future of energy efficiency” and it’s all about the turbines, aerodynamics and innovative wheels. Each free wheel is based on the Gorlov wind turbine, which is an elongated version of the flat turbine. It’s able to harness the power of wind from all directions and makes it very, very efficient. This system is embedded into each wheel, so it provides an independent air suction mechanism, a turbine.
The T1 Concept would use an electric motor with 335 horsepower (250 kilowatts) at each corner, and the complete system would produce 1,770 pound-feet (2,400 Newton-meters) of torque. A 70 kilowatt-hour battery would store the energy. The students estimate the racer could reach 255 miles per hour (410 kilometers per hour). In addition to the high-tech power generation system, the T1 Concept would be able to speed through the corners by actively steering the wheels at the front and rear axle.
Omar Alfarra Zendah and the four other students came up with the original design for the T1 Concept last year. For his personal portfolio as his final year at the design school, Zendah created new renders and sketches of the car While not running at Le Mans, the Tesla Model S will be hitting the track soon in the inaugural 10-race season of the Electric GT Championship. The vehicles have 778 hp (585 kW) and 734 lb-ft (995 Nm) of torque, and they can reach 60 mph (96 kph) in 2.1 seconds.
