24-hour race with Lapp
An electric racing car for Le Mans
The Inmotion team from Eindhoven University wants to take part in the 24-hour race at Le Mans with an electric racing car. On board the car: Lapp cables.
Racing is going electric: a team of students from Eindhoven University is developing a racing car with an electric drive, the IM01, which will compete in the "Garage 56" innovation category of the 24-hour race at Le Mans in a few years' time. The aim of the Inmotion project is not to win, says team spokesperson Julia Stevens, "we primarily want to advance technologies and show that an electric racing car can be competitive." To this end, the students are working with industrial partners to develop batteries and charging technology that will allow them to "refuel" in just a few minutes - almost as quickly as their competitors with combustion engines.
One of the partners supporting the project is Lapp. The global market leader for integrated connection technology from Stuttgart is providing various cables for the vehicle, including Ölflex cables, which are used to supply power between the battery, inverter and electric motor, as well as data cables for querying sensors. Also from Lapp: support in selecting the right cable types and tools. Stevens: "The tools from Lapp are very precise, exactly what we need to make perfect connections."
Inmotion was launched in 2012. Around 50 students are involved, six of whom have taken a one-year break from their studies for the project; the team changes every year, taking on all the work from development to management themselves. The first version of the racing car - the IM/E - completed its maiden voyage in 2017. It set a new lap record for electric racing cars with a top speed of 246 kilometers per hour. as
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