Inside Formula E - BBC Click

[Music] this week a city brought to a stop by ransomware going greener in India and does the future of motorsports sound like this [Music] formula e the highest class of competition for electrically powered racing cars it's still very young with its inaugural season taking place in 2014 but it's quickly becoming pink got relatively popular and this is the car the team's race in it is the generation 2 car completely battery powered but still capable of achieving speeds of up to a hundred and seventy-four miles an hour naught to 60 2.8 seconds now we know how popular Formula One is but Formula e is looking to overtake it in the world of motorsport big names like BMW Nissan and Mahindra are involved with races taking place all over the world from Mexico to France and China into Germany and we're here at the Excel Centre which will be home to next year's London race and what's interesting is that this will be the first track in the world that runs both outside and inside a building and with drivers like Felipe Massa making the switch from formula 1 to formula e there is a growing interest in the sport the guy is difficult to compare the karo formula with the Kara Formula 1 so the main toilet is completely different from one championship to the other one but the idea I really enjoy and I'm really happy to be part of this temperature we'll have more on formula e later in the show but first I want to tell you about something that's been happening in Baltimore in the u.s. because just over a month ago on May the 7th this city of three million people was struck by a massive ransomware attack almost instantly get this the entire city's municipal functions were shut down and they have been ever since and even now a month on no one seems to know what to do about it Dave Lee has been finding out what happens when hackers take down an entire city Baltimore is a vibrant city of the US East Coast around 10 million people live here but right now it's in the grip of a massive cyberattack [Music] pirates board city official feared to shut down some crucial services what today is the tenth day of a crippling cybersecurity attack on Baltimore City city leaders say the FBI has opened a criminal investigation technicians are working to resolve the issue but until then many files on the city's computer systems are unusable the city's interim mayor who's less than a month in the job faces a crisis our team is working very hard I can't give you a time frame because you know what a virus hit you have to really find out where it is throughout the whole system the hackers are demanding 100 thousand dollars worth of Bitcoin to set the city's computers free so I'm just heading to one of the municipal buildings here in the city it's a place on tole where people having to go in person to pay things like parking fines which they normally be able to do online but of course the website isn't working I'm expecting to encounter some other fed up people I think ultimately they need to pay the ransom but that's just me but I know you don't want to inspire other people to do the same thing but I think they didn't solve it losing about a million themselves there's a big inconvenience but you gotta get it done so one of the most disruptive industries has been real estate the systems used to put through sales was knocked off line anybody who was having a transaction they were not able to go through with it to the settlement table meaning that everything was delayed you know home ownership Commission's being paid to the real estate agents fees being tipped to lenders as well as title companies a manual workaround has been put into action but Realtors are still nervous about the long-term effects that this is going to have on the housing market there could be an added kick in the teeth there were early reports that hackers may have used the floor not discovered in China or Russia but perhaps here just 20 miles away from Baltimore the New York Times reported that the hack may have used an exploit known as eternal blue developed by America's own National Security Agency the NSA the NSA however denies its exploit was used and even if it was it's advisers argue that Baltimore should have protected itself as a security patch for the vulnerability has been available for more than two years so focusing on a single exploit especially one that has a solution through a patch that was issued years ago is really short-sighted vulnerabilities will continue to be found doing the basics is required for Responsible Network administration regardless of how exactly the hackers breached Baltimore's open defenses security experts say it speaks to a bigger problem unfortunately Baltimore city's IT operations are not in great shape the city is underfunded for its IT department it's a man-made disaster it's an it's a disaster that's the result of negligence and of putting things off till tomorrow so I'm on my way now to City Hall to meet the woman tasked with leading Baltimore's recovery service attack now this talk but they're going to apply for federal emergency funds that's the same thing as if there was having a big flood or some other natural disaster Baltimore like many governments face challenges in terms of resources and systems being antiquated that that may make them vulnerable to these types of attacks what our city has shown is that our employees are willing to work really hard to find ways to keep the operations of city government moving and to support our citizens and our employees and that's what we're doing the city has said it won't pay the ransom but more than a month on now recovery efforts are still ongoing the eventual cost will run into the tens of millions of dollars and unless millions more are spent bringing the network up to scratch it could happen again at any time hello welcome to the weekend tech it was the week that Apple pulled the plug on iTunes leaving separate apps for music podcasts and TV in its place Amazon said it would be making deliveries by drone within months it's new quieter prototype can carry five pound packages for up to 15 miles and can identify people dogs and even avoid clotheslines and the sky isn't the limit for Elon Musk he's facing a growing backlash against his plans to launch 12,000 SpaceX satellites the International Astronomical Union says that too many satellites in the night sky could end up hindering rather than helping space discoveries SpaceX launched its first 60 satellites last month lab-grown patches could help your heart keep beating after a heart attack so say scientists at Imperial College London these thumb sized strips grown out of human stem cells are programmed to turn into working muscle they've now been deemed safe for human trials and finally it seems air travel could be getting a bold new look this concert plane has cabin thin its wings and is designed to use 20% less fuel thanks to a cash boost from KLM a small model may be flying this October now formula II isn't just a competition between electric powerhouses it's also a testbed so the teams can further develop the tech in these races the idea is that this tech then filters down into everyday electric road cars in the same way that other motor sports have influenced petrol and diesel vehicles but one of the main features of formula II is that all teams have to drive this car they're not allowed to change anything about it well except for one thing so what is that cake Russell went for a spin in Berlin to find out [Applause] [Music] this year's Formula e season has been a beauty pageant for the latest in electric car tech second generation race cars eat up the tarmac with more power than ever before I was one of a handful of journalists who got to drive a generation 2 car for the first time on a track following the Berlin Prix [Music] with 25% more talk and 25% more power than the gen 1 cars gen 2 goes naught to 60 in a blistering 2.8 seconds [Music] the powertrain is what converts the electricity from the battery into power to drive the wheels and what they learn on track goes directly into the production vehicles the teams all have the same core hardware so eking out a winning performance is about tuning the powertrain there's also more race strategy this season as battery ranges almost doubled meaning no need for a pit stop as well as you can manage your power regen over the 45-minute race coasting that's something we do during the race we have to use our energy most efficiently and then using the region because you can slow the car down incredibly well by just using the regen and not using any mechanical brakes [Music] and in a move to make the sport more exciting the FIA has added an engine boost feature reminiscent of triggering power up to the videogame they basically have to go off the ideal line to trigger this attack mode where you have more power but 2500 watt additional power during eight minutes and if somebody is right behind you it means it will likely overtake you and then you will have to overtake him again using more power so it's like playing chase while while driving we are the striking change for season 5 it's the look of the cars oh let's face it it looks too much like the Batmobile not to fall completely in love with with the combined look and sound it does feel a little like driving into the future and new to formula e this year is the market leader for electric consumer cars we were able to use a lot of our knowledge in the production side to come racing horse racing will help us develop future technologies but we really wanted to demonstrate what was actually capable today so let's see how much of this tech the commercial cars are packing now I could drive around the car park in a road car for this bits but this season Jaguar launched the ipace a trophy racing on the same city circuits and well it would be rude not to really wouldn't it this I face might have been stripped down for racing but it's the same basic car is you can drive out of a showroom and lessons learned on race day are vital for future innovation which is why so many car makers want in and what we hope is the season one we focus on development of a race car and then moving forward season two three and beyond we can bring what we learned from the race from the racetrack even back into the road car same engineers who developed the i3 and i8 power trains have developed our our motor on the for Murray car so it's really directly related like their formula e siblings these cars are quick and quiet and almost what the brake so it's an extra dimension too and after spending a day on the track here in Berlin I'm going to look at electric road cars with a lot more respective future Wow that was Kate Russell and that was amazing now being only five years old formula II is still relatively unknown to some and being born in an age when Formula one is arguably the most well known motorsports and with most of us buried in our mobile phones these days it could be difficult to attract new fans however they are using your phone in their favor and Mr Mehta takes a look at how that's been working out YouTube Twitter ghost racing and the formula e apt these are the four apps that formerly are using to try and reach a new younger audience online so how are they doing that well let's start with YouTube we all know how massively popular it is with over 2 billion monthly logged in users checking out all kinds of content that's a lot of new potential fans it's a formula e is on a piece of the action at the beginning of the season I tagged along to watch formula ease new live show voltage being streamed it's their attempt to introduce a younger audience to the relatively new sport famous youtubers present the show and give live race commentary a lot of young people don't just sit much one thing they'll watch something on their phone and watch something on the TV at the same time and that's what I think makes for very innovative is as a sport they don't just go take that that's what you're given they listen to the audience and say write what you want to see more of what you want to see you know joycie in the driver's cabin wanna see was the idea but the show was can halfway through the season next up bamboos before a race fans can vote for their favorite driver via twitter or the formula e app the five drivers with the most votes get a five-second power boost which could be crucial to victory in a really tight race but not everyone is a fan of fan boost when Kate asked online what you thought of it some of you thought it was okay but the majority of you thought it was a popularity contest I mean this person's only tweets are to vote for one driver says it's subject to abuse should fans have this much input in a race so let's finish up with probably my favorite out of all of them and what I feel is the most engaging ghost racing fans join in using their smartphone or tablet and race against the drivers in real-time as the e Prix is taking place this is something that hasn't been done before you can't go and race live with other drivers in any other sport you just better hope you have pretty good Wi-Fi home to be able to do this that's the only thing you need we equipped the race cars with a GPS decoder so we know exactly where they are then we ingest the data from the race cars in the scenery and we ingest you as the ghost racer into that live CGI field our signal the live CGI feed is actually faster than broadcast because broadcast generally has a satellite and we're online so there is no latency although formulat is hoping this would be enough to attract new young fans building a following online isn't as easy as it seems this is Brian Hanby otherwise known as the game and Terrorizer who knows a thing or two about hitting the right notes online the best tool in YouTube is your community if you ignore them you're not gonna know what they want so when you're trying to just you know let's just pay to get these people to come on and then it's gonna work it's not it's not gonna work kids now are not stupid they're not dumb they can tell when things are you know being pushed and your t'roat natural promotion works so much better than an obvious brand integration winning while formula is attempts to connect with the new audience have an exactly hit home the sheer number of potential fans online means you can bet they will keep on trying and trying back in Berlin the e Prix is also home to the first green tech festival founded by former f1 world champion Nico Rosberg one thing that remains is my passion for innovation and innovative technologies and that's been the same in Formula one and I'm finding this now and these in these sustainable technologies in these green technologies I'm so passionate about the the innovation the the pioneering that's happening there on show here are some greener ways to travel like this fully electric ship that can travel up to 100 nautical miles on a single charge but some things are just well conceptual to say the least this Airbus drone is supposed to lift cars out of traffic and drop drivers to their destination they'll have a range of 30 miles but it may take more than these to solve some of the pollution problems that are out there fossil fuel cars bikes and buses are turning some of India's teeming cities into snarl and smoking mega jams in fact according to Greenpeace 22 of the world's most polluted cities are in India now flogging electric tech to India is proving a tough sell but inroads are being made and David Reid has taken to India's streets to find out how electric for 3 & 2 wheelers are having an impact is so nice to be back in Mumbai it's always on the move an outfit called glide which is associated with the Indian car manufacturer Mahindra has just launched an uber style car service and the entire fleet is electric I met up with a regular customer it's absolutely fantastic just about anything that you wanted the car is there because there are TV screens yes you have in fly you know in-car entertainment available you have Wi-Fi you have Wi-Fi you have video conferencing facility available car it's it's like an office on wheels super electric the fact that our cities aren't exactly low on pollution means that every additional vehicle running on petrol or diesel would you never buy in a natural I would love to the only challenge here is really the infrastructure Clyde's a good mobile showroom from the hideous cars they're a tough sell because of the recharging issues in price what about other vehicles in Bangalore to college buddies with a passion for electric have created a high-end scooter boys it scoot Wow now that is really fast it is the fastest actually in school though in the entire segment you didn't want to just make something that would cater to people's ethical consumer choices you wanted to have something really attractive when you walk in as a customer into the showroom you don't go and say hey what's the smallest least powerful way Callaghan buy out here right because the country needs me to do that you will just buy something that's absolutely fun the weight is pushed to the center so it rides more like a motorbike it's as fast as they dare make it they've even throttled back the power of power which you get schools are speed out of this motor and and that could be dangerous for a regular individual obviously one drawback with electric vehicles is that if you're having to recharge them 2 hours a day that's 2 hours where you're not working and earning any money however someone has come up with a great idea I'm running low on juice I think you can help you forget hours of recharging this pitstop takes 1 minute tap your key you open it up take the battery out people now have vehicles without the batteries and they use batteries a service if they do 50 kilometers they pay for 50 they do 100 they pay for hundred and so they don't own the batteries they don't have to manage it and the whole thing is taken care of on four two even three wheels India's eclectic electric is taking shape David read on the road in India that's it from us for now don't forget though if you want us we're always there for you on Instagram YouTube Facebook and Twitter we live at BBC click thanks for watching and we'll see soon [Music] [Music]

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Length: 24min 27sec (1467 seconds)

Published: Thu Jun 13 2019