In Latvia, the electric kart championship will be powered by solar energy

Blue Shock Race is currently investing almost 100,000 euro in addition in the Latvian Electric Kart Championship to create a cycle of competitions for kids and will ensure tracks with charger systems powered by solar energy. This is another big step in the development of the Latvian karting and automotive industry, which will increase the number of participants and promote the use of progressive technologies and green energy, Artis Daugins, CEO of Blue Shock Race believes.

In 2018, Blue Shock Race with its partners Latvijas Mobilais Telefons, LMT Autosport Academy, Latvian Automobile Federation, Samsung and others made Latvia the first country in the world with its own national electric kart championship. This year, Blue Shock Race has decided to make another big step and introduce one additional class for kids. Due to the rules of the Latvian Automobile Federation, this year it will still be called a cup tournament, but next year the competition for kids is planning to qualify for the status of a real championship.

Karts of all participants are absolutely the same. They have been developed by Blue Shock Race (together with Gillard Racing Karts on a 950 mm chassis), with a 7 kW electric power drive kit, and are able to accelerate to 95 km/h.
One of the most innovative things the company had worked on, is the possibility to charge karts for the championship using a specially created solar energy system. Thanks to a quickly replaceable battery system, kart batteries can be connected to solar panels almost directly allowing to charge the second backup battery pack in parallel to racing. In such a way, it will be achieved that the competitions can be organised also on tracks with no electricity available. Important! All the obtained energy is 100% renewable, therefore the championship demonstrates a full energy circulation cycle.
See more about this system here.

This will be a year of growth for the championship both in terms of technology and participants, with which we would like to demonstrate to the world that electric kart championships have reached 100% capacity to be self-sufficient in terms of all factors – price, speed, energy.

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