Formula 1 Race-Tested Electronics Power Nuclear Microreactors

Formula 1 race-tested electronics power nuclear microreactors

Formula 1 tech is heading into nuclear power. Antares will use motorsport-derived electronics in its microreactor system.

Antares Puts Race-Proven Power Electronics Inside Nuclear Reactor

TORRANCE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In 2019, Luiz Oliveira ran the hybrid power unit on Valtteri Bottas’s Mercedes through a Formula 1 championship season. Today he runs power conversion for a nuclear reactor. The overlap is no coincidence. It turned a Formula 1 approach into the operating model for Antares’ power-conversion hardware. The company today announced a partnership with Motion Applied, the UK-based Tier One technology provider, to supp…