The humming of the electric race cars had gone silent and the hustle and bustle of the Formula E circus in Hong Kong made way for the more relaxing part of the day The late afternoon of October 8 2016 is regarded as the time when the Schaeffler 4ePerformance was born or at least the idea that was to turn into a technological ad venture In the pit lane Audi driver Lucas di Grassi and Schaeffler s Chief Technology Officer Prof Peter Gutz mer talked about everything under the sun including electric mobility robocars and their future How could the subject be emotionally energized How could peo ple s enthusiasm be inspired for it After a while a somewhat far out plan was formulated We re going to make something that nobody has We re going to build the prototype of a super sports car to show that Schaeffler is able to deliver the total package for an electric four wheel drive system The objective learning the maximum from Formula E for a potential production application Gutzmer Projects like the Schaeffler 4ePer formance accelerate the development of new technolo gies and particularly the buildup of expertise from the perspective of a whole vehicle from packaging require ments to mechanical systems from mechatronics and software applications to specific functions such as driv ing functions or cooling concepts Seen in this light it s easy to understand why Schaeffler pushed such a challenging project so vigorously Why else would anyone come up with the idea of installing four Formula E motors with real oomph 880 kW 1 200 hp in total from the Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler race car into a vehicle that had never before existed in this form Along the lines of something like look how fast the magic of WE RE GOING TO MAKE SOMETHING THAT NOBODY HAS Project initiators Prof Peter Gutzmer and Lucas di Grassi 46 47

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