Extreme E has arrived as the off-road equivalent of
the Formula E World Championship, and the Odyssey 21 is the racer that will
compete in the inaugural season. The new series is the brainchild of Formula E boss Alejandro Agag.
The company premiered its race car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed over the
weekend and released a number of juicy details about it.
Perhaps the first thing you’ll notice about the
Odyssey 21 is its size. It is 14.4 feet long, 6.2-feet tall, and 7.5-feet wide
and tips the scales at 1,632 kg, making it roughly as heavy as two
Formula E cars.
Work is still being done to finalize the
championship details as well as the vehicle’s specs. The Odyssey 21 brought to
Goodwood is only a show car built by Spark Racing Technologies. All teams
competing in the racing series will use a common chassis and a battery pack
built by Williams Advanced Engineering. Teams will develop their own electric
motor and be given some leeway over sections of the off-roader’s bodywork.
Speaking about the vehicle, Spark Racing
Technologies’ technical director Theopile Gouzin said the finished item will
have more power than a WRC car – which are extremely fast, but also
considerably lighter.
