Make the First Move: Bringing a Pure EV to Le Mans (Garage 56, 2030)
One-sentence promise: We are building a technically serious plan for a pure EV Garage 56 entry at Le Mans by 2030, focused on endurance performance over 24 hours.
The Goal (Plain English)
Electric Le Mans is a concept-stage project with a clear destination:
- Entry route: Garage 56 (innovative entry)
- Target year: 2030
- Finish criterion: complete 24 hours
- Benchmark: better total race result than LMGT3-level outcome (defined in Post 3)
What We Are Trying to Prove
EV discussions often stop at instant torque and single-lap pace. Le Mans asks a harder question:
- Can the battery, inverter, motor, and cooling system repeat race pace for 24 hours?
- Can performance survive heat, fatigue, traffic, weather, and operational errors?
This project is not a one-lap demo. It is an endurance systems test under race conditions.
Where We Are Today
We are in the early concept phase.
That is acceptable if assumptions are explicit, measurable, and replaced by test data over time.
What Success Looks Like in 2030
- Garage 56 entry accepted by organizers
- Car capability for ~45-minute stints
- Competitive recharge operations for race context
- Electrical, thermal, and mechanical survival through 24 hours
- A final result that proves EVs can be endurance-relevant, not only sprint-fast
The Mindset
If we start now and test honestly, this can happen.
Open Questions (TBD)
- What continuous power target is required (not just peak)?
- What realistic energy-per-lap budget should we use at Le Mans race pace?
- Which pit-stop choreography makes megawatt charging safe and repeatable?