Formula 1 is the point of reference for automotive innovations and now the focus is on batteries never seen before.
In recent years, automotive development has been undergoing a series of sensational changes, in fact it is turning clearly and decisively towards completely electric mobility. This is dividing public opinion, with many believing that there are also other solutions to achieving an ecological system.
There is no doubt that the F1 is trying in every way to get closer to another style and a much more sustainable approach. You can see it from how the regulations that lead to the use of tires are much more limiting nowadays or even the simple fact of not being able to exceed the number of engines in a season.
The single-seaters of F1 today they are hybrid, since 2014, with the electric component which will be even more important from 2026. This is why even large companies that study new batteries for everyday cars still have the opportunity to take inspiration from the cars of the most important races in the world, as happened for example in Sweden.
Chalmers University of Technology: here are the new batteries
There Sweden at the moment it is one of the nations that is most trying to renew the world of four wheels and turn to electric. This can be seen not only with the continuous changes at Volvo, but also in how the data related to the sales of electric cars have skyrocketed in 2023.
For this reason the Chalmers University of Technology, based in Gothenburg, has decided to deepen the study of car batteries, exploiting the concept of carbon fibres, the same approach that takes place in F1. The usefulness of this material is incredible, it is indeed light, but at the same time also extraordinarily resistant.
In Sweden therefore the design of these batteries is being studied, so that they can expand on a global scale, precisely with the use of carbon fibre, so as to use performance tools and at the same time not affect the weight of the car .
To make this happen it is necessary to make changes to the car chassis, thus making it become an energy accumulator. Therefore, more and more work is being done to get closer to the concept of sustainable and high-performance mobility, trying to make even the most skeptics think again.
