McMurtry Speirling Street-Legal Fan Car Challenging But “Viable”

spoke with McMurtry Automotive managing director Thomas Yates, who said that a road-going all-electric single-seater is viable, but that there are regulatory challenges surrounding the innovative fan system.

that would retain the prototype’s power-to-weight ratio of 1,000 hp per tonne and 60 kilowatt-hours battery pack. “It could be a great safety device, for stopping quickly [in adverse conditions], but in practice, that is not what [customers] will be using it for. It needs another thought.”

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