Electric vehicles are growing in popularity and World Rallycross is the next organization to make the switch. But should they? Bangshift reports that World Rallycross Championship is going full-electric by 2020. That means all the noise aka all the excitement will be gone. Would you be interested in watching a race with just the whirring of the battery instead of the rev of engines?
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Fast forward to 2021………..Funny how all these people are saying we will be 100% electric by such and such year. NONE of them have made any progress. Let's be real. It's going to take them at least 100 years to meet 50% of what they claim. The ONLY reason Tesla is still in business is because of the BILLIONS of dollars of subsidies and government funding that keeps it afloat. And because of that, Tesla is owned by the governments and elites and regulate what Elon can do with his electric vehicles. That is why they don't self charge. They need to make sure the electric companies rape the customers with their electric bills for charging the vehicles! When a company can make the same progress as Tesla and beyond with ZERO assistance and control, then we will be making REAL progress.
Without engine sound RX is dead.
Ohh are you serious!? How boring!
I will miss ICE sound in general but if we're being honest wrx cars sound like gross lil baby farts. nothing like the nice LMGTE cars, or NASCAR or old F1. i will not miss it one bit
Prius Vs. Niro!
making the cars in rallycross electric is the dumbest thing that fia has done
00:25 "And we're going to be left with some whiny cars"
Better than to have to stand all the whiny "petrolheads" who can't accept that EV's are the future no matter how much they whine.
Technically rally cross is one the most suitable forms of motor racing for electric vehicles. But they should be just allowed to enter not made mandatory, let the IC and EV fight it out at least for a transitional period, hey allow hybrids too just cap the price of vehicles at some sane figure so it won't get out of hand.
Way to kill the sport, gg.
The world is fucked……
That would be as stupid as electric F1 cars. ;). I can't watch those either.
People who think that some annoying engine noise is ALL that matters must be somehow retarded.
There not going to do it. They're just trying to get some attention. Im pretty sure the drivers wouldnt like that.
RIP imprezza turbos
This is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard
Quieter but probably a lot faster.