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Mercedes admit that all-electric will be embraced eventually

Mercedes director of commercial engineering says Geoff Willis says that the team are aware of the approaching electric horizon but suggests that Formula 1 will only truly embrace this change when the technology 'very, very competitive'. Speaking on the Mercedes Deep Dive YouTube video, Willis explained how the KERS system, first introduced in 2009, was the correct first test of hybrid technology before the full transition in 2014. Article continues under video We first looked, in 2009 I think it was, at energy recovery, the KERS system, with a small amount of energy recovery, a small battery and a motor generator that recovered energy under braking and deployed it when the driver...
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