"This week the Science Cafe pays another visit to the School of Engineering at Cardiff University to find out about their plans to turn their Formula Student racing car into an electric car.
We meet mechanical engineering lecturer Dr. Huw Davies and two students, Dominic Lee and Russell Gay, who are developing an electric drive train for the University's car which is currently competing very successfully in Formula Student with an internal combustion engine. They talk to Adam about the advantages of an electric engine in creating a lighter, more powerful and faster racing car. And the team's technician, Lee Treherne, describes driving the car in competition and anticipates the experience of driving an electric racing car that's even faster."
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