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Originally Posted by Speed-King
Thinking that any major manufacturer will join a class that is not electric or at least hybridized is fanciful as well, though, and even hybrids will just be a stopgap solution for a few seasons.
One answer to that situation is to run the type of power units that manufacturers demand, but I think series like SC are better off going their own way without manufacturer involvement.
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Certainly the European manufacturers are building hybrid & electric powered vehicles but they have no choice and are being driven by legislation of their home governments and I don't think the idea of abandoning those drive trains would be a good look at all in the medium to long term future for any manufacturer.
I suspect this is going to be a huge problem for SC but the bigger problem is going to be moving away from the 4 door sedan form of design which Ford has made no secret of and even announced the intention in major press releases. It is also ironic that a series based on electric power would be both cheaper and more even in performance to race, far far cheaper in fact. The ROW manufacturers are abandonig the type of car that we used to race and that is a big problem. As suggested by someone quite a while ago, maybe stick with IC power trains and use body shapes that also used IC power.
The stunning lack of commentary on the whole thing is I think a good indication of the problems which are only going to get bigger as time goes on. If they had the answers the way forward would already be known because they need that for media rights discussions.