Promoted: The organisation behind the inaugural Formula E’s title-winner, a leading Extreme E team and the RX car used in the Race of Champions is QEV_Tech, one of the world's leading electric electric motorsport companies. Find out more:
QEV Technologies is based in Montmelo, Spain, close to the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Right behind its majestic main grandstand is a three-storey building and a workshop where over 120 engineers and mechanics work in the development of electric prototypes that race all around the world. One of its most exciting projects is a brand-new electric single-seater series that will be a reality in 2024. Still, many projects already are and achieve remarkable results.
“We have organised the first electric rallycross world championship, the FIA RX2e. We developed the cars and produced some 20 units, and we are the promoters of the championship. We have been appointed to organise the United States rallycross championship, we have done some touring races in Sweden with a Mini and we also have cars in South America. Our motorsport division keeps on growing.
Over 120 people work at QEV Technologies today, although the workforce is always expanding. The software department tripled its size in just two years. New projects, such as the Zeroid electric commercial vehicles, indicate that this exponential growth will continue. Jonatan Fernández Hée is QEV's Head of Software who, among other projects, supervises the Nitro Rallycross. He travels to every race, where he coordinates the different engineers that QEV Tech sends to each round to handle the operation of the cars.
“Formula E is clearly right there at the top if we talk about the complexity of their different functionalities and power trains,” he says. “In Formula 1, you are given a baseline and you can change four or five different areas, but you do not get to develop the software from scratch. In Formula E, you do. All the software is done in-house and it is up to you to assist the driver as much as you can or as much as your tools allow you to.
“Between the '70s and the '90s, the technology that was transferred from the racetrack to the road was mainly down to mechanical components,” says Fernández Hée. “This was already pretty much restricted through the 2000s and 2010s, but now the road cars are becoming digital and therefore getting into software. The transfer of technology in that field is immediate. This is what happens with the Hispano Suiza Carmen.
The designers adjusted the aesthetics of a rallycross car to achieve a coherent and harmonious result. It is QEV’s very own car. Talking about this car, 2009 Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button once said that it was the closest thing he had driven to the old Group B rally cars. QEV Technologies is one of the biggest companies in electric motorsport. Its knowledge on the matter is ever-expanding and it is willing to tackle brand-new challenges.
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