the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Indianapolis In, the NTT IndyCar Series is postponing the introduction of its upcoming hybrid powertrains from 2023 to 2024. Auto manufacturers have also been impacted by supply chain problems and that may have limited their ability to fully support IndyCar’s original 2023 launch date.
The decision came on the heels of more than a year of delays with the energy recovery systems (ERS) and other critical components affected by global supply chain challenges.
With uncertainty as to when those supply issues will be resolved, the decision was made to push the new, more powerful 2.4-twin-turbo V6 internal combustion engines from Chevrolet and Honda – and the ERS units built by Germany’s MAHLE – back by another year to give all parties more time to sufficiently prepare for debut in 2024.