DTM Electric: The next step into the future 🎥
FUTURISTIC MODEL During the DTM Norisring, ITR GmbH presented the next step towards DTM Electric together with series partners Schaeffler and Mahle.
The DTM Electric Design Model is a 1:1 model of the prototype of the racing series currently under development and shows the look of the electric bolides of the DTM Electric.
It shows the look of the DTM Electric electric bolides. Of course, the DTM Electric participants will have the opportunity to design the chassis with their design features.
Benedikt Böhme, Managing Director of the umbrella organization ITR: "The DTM Electric Design Model gives a very good impression of what a completely newly conceived, absolutely challenging in sporting terms and electrifying global racing series should look like in the medium term, as we want to set it up with the DTM Electric alongside the proven DTM. The next step will be to combine the performance we know from the demo car with the look of the Design Model."
For Matthias Zink, Member of the Executive Board of Schaeffler AG responsible for Automotive Technologies, the unveiling of the next development stage of the DTM Electric is an important milestone as a pioneer of e-mobility.
Matthias Zink: "The technology and the look of the vehicle are already very close to what could be racing from 2023. We would like to thank all the partners who were involved in the implementation."
Over 1000 hp and 300 kilometers per hour
The DTM Electric Design Model follows the unveiling of the DTM Electric Demo Car in Hockenheim in October 2020, which demonstrated the technical foundations of the futuristic racing series. More than 1000 hp and top speeds of well over 300 km/h will offer an electrifying motorsport experience in the future.
DTM boss and former GP driver Gerhard Berger is also happy about the next step on the way to DTM Electric.
Gerhard Berger: "Development for the DTM Electric is in full swing. The look of the car expresses how we imagine a fully electrified high-performance racing series: Futuristic, aerodynamically efficient, innovative and thoroughly sporty."
Motorsport as an innovation laboratory
The later DTM Electric vehicles will be equipped with wheel-specific e-drives from Schaeffler that feature fully variable torque distribution. They thus open up new dimensions for both driving dynamics potential and recuperable energy.
For this purpose, the Space Drive steering system already used in a GT3 sports car in the current DTM will be installed. Innovative thermal management solutions from Mahle will ensure the sophisticated cooling of the drive components during racing. Thus, as an innovation laboratory in motorsport, the DTM Electric offers an ideal mix of attractive racing and future technology.
