Ship Battery?

[NeedMoreEngines]

Originally Posted by DB_UPS

Say if i have 6 battery do i have to ship them all ?

Nope you just have to ship the two KOP batteries and you can bring additional batteries with you to the pits.

[Dominicano0519]

they do this because of the same reason they made us use new batteries this year

batteries get better with each use and so they don't want teams to get an advantage by having better conditioned batteries

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Originally Posted by Dominicano0519

batteries get better with each use

Sorry Dom. This is not true. The batteries actually have a finite life. If you treat them as designed they have about 400 charge/discharge cycles. Treat them worse (like virtually all teams do) and that life is severely shortened.

[bobdahaxor]

it's so they can charge more for the shipping. Note they also made us use thicker plywood this year. It is now 3/8" thick or 1/2" thick. This jsut means more money for an already hefty bill. Those things weight a lot you know. If they have to lug 20 more lbs worth of stuff, that is just that much more they can charge for in addition to the plywood change.