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Protoscar unveils its electric sports car prototype LAMPO2 at the Geneva Motor Show 2010
LAMPO2 is an electric demonstration sports car conceived by Protoscar, a Swiss company which has been developing CleanCar projects for 23 years including consulting of OEMs, power utilities and governments. The LAMPO2 boasts “quick-charging” capability (up to 100 km range extension in just 10 minutes charging time) and will be presented at the Geneva Motor Show (2nd March 2010) on the e’mobile stand Nr. 5141.
LAMPO2 is an even more energy efficient successor to the LAMPO demonstration vehicle presented in 2009. Weight, aerodynamics and the efficiency of individual components of the BRUSA drive train have been further optimized in order to reach a world-class energy consumption of less than 100Wh/km-ton under real conditions. LAMPO2 is equipped with 4 different charging modes:
• standard single-phase with up to 3,3kW on board charger for typical overnight home-charge,
• “control-pilot” equipped and (EDF provided) PLC single-phase with 6,6kW on board charger typical for public charging,
• standard three-phase 9,9kW on board charger typical for charging at industrial plugs (fleet-owners) and
• an interface for DC fast charging (able to transmit a max. power of 80kW), where up to 100km of additional range can be charged within just 10 minutes, by an off-board system, so that the different solutions can be compared in terms of usability and efficiency by being demonstrated in real conditions.
LAMPO2 will be shown together with different charging infrastructure solutions: a smart home charge device (developed with ALPIQ), the public charging station E-TOTEM and the quick-charging station (developed with ABB and Brusa).
LAMPO2 impressively demonstrates that electric drive-trains are mature and perform sufficiently well to be a solution for all types of vehicles, not just city cars. This includes premium cars, the segment through which most new technologies have successfully been introduced into the market.
Together with the first LAMPO (which has already been driven over 10’000 km on race tracks and public roads across Europe), LAMPO2 will be used for practical demonstrations and testing. Protoscar has repeatedly been encouraged to develop an advanced electric cabriolet for small-scale production and plans to use the LAMPO2 to evaluate this possibility. The evaluation will include discussions with potential industrial and financial partners, and an assessment of the preferences and desires of potential clients. Lampo crossing the Gotthard pass in May 2009.
In addition to BRUSA, which supplies the components of the whole drive train, the main partners and sponsors of the LAMPO2 project are ALPIQ (the leading Swiss company in power generation and distribution, which is actively promoting the goal of 15% of electric vehicles in Switzerland by 2020), the German Fraunhofer Institute IAO (EV-specific features and MMI, as well as optimization of the ergonomics), ABB (DC fast-charging technology) and the Swiss Federal Office of Energy.
Technical details LAMPO2 has two electric motors (allowing it to operate as a four-wheel drive with variable torque between front and rear axle for optimal handling, safety and efficiency) with a total output of 260 kW (equivalent to 350 HP), 600 Nm (50% more than its predecessor!) and over 30 kWh of Lithium-Ion battery capacity. LAMPO2 features real sports-car performances: 5 seconds to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h, 200 km/h of max. speed and a range of over 200 km. More than enough energy for driving is produced by a remote solar plant which is installed on the roof of a farm in Tuscany, allowing a real zero-emission drive on a “Well-to-Wheel” basis.
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That is one ugly car.
That is one ugly car.
Not to be another negative person on the web–I’m actually very happy you did this article–I’m just so tired of people talking about how ugly electric cars are. First of all, tastes vary and the appeal of a different looking vehicle is very strong (just look at the sales of the XB and Cube). Second, all different looking features on an electric car are there with the intention of making it go farther on a charge. Gasoline vehicles have not had to deal with this because “Hey, just put a bigger engine in it” has been the prevailing theme of the past 100 years.
To just pick one that you pointed out: The wheel covers are there to increase aerodynamics. Not to look cool or futuristic. You lose a lot of streamlining when you have huge, multi-spoke wheels hogging the sides of your car (not to mention the noise they produce).
The giant grill on a car is like a sail. Since the electric vehicle doesn’t need direct air flow like a petrol car does, I don’t even know why the car shown here has such a nose on it. Why not slope the nose from the roof to the ground to better cut through the air?
Read a little bit of the stuff out there on hypermiling. Shape has everything to do with efficiency. Check out the Aerocivic (which has been featured on this site before). He took an otherwise decent mileage car and made it incredible without changing anything but the shape. I wonder how the electric version of the Aerocivic would compare to the electric version of the traditional Civic. I’d love to be the one to build it. Give me time.
Again, thank you for writing this article about a new car on the horizon. Just think about some of the reasons for the design before you ridicule. OR at least point out design flaws (like the damned convertible top) that will hinder the abilities of the whole thing.
Not to be another negative person on the web–I’m actually very happy you did this article–I’m just so tired of people talking about how ugly electric cars are. First of all, tastes vary and the appeal of a different looking vehicle is very strong (just look at the sales of the XB and Cube). Second, all different looking features on an electric car are there with the intention of making it go farther on a charge. Gasoline vehicles have not had to deal with this because “Hey, just put a bigger engine in it” has been the prevailing theme of the past 100 years.
To just pick one that you pointed out: The wheel covers are there to increase aerodynamics. Not to look cool or futuristic. You lose a lot of streamlining when you have huge, multi-spoke wheels hogging the sides of your car (not to mention the noise they produce).
The giant grill on a car is like a sail. Since the electric vehicle doesn’t need direct air flow like a petrol car does, I don’t even know why the car shown here has such a nose on it. Why not slope the nose from the roof to the ground to better cut through the air?
Read a little bit of the stuff out there on hypermiling. Shape has everything to do with efficiency. Check out the Aerocivic (which has been featured on this site before). He took an otherwise decent mileage car and made it incredible without changing anything but the shape. I wonder how the electric version of the Aerocivic would compare to the electric version of the traditional Civic. I’d love to be the one to build it. Give me time.
Again, thank you for writing this article about a new car on the horizon. Just think about some of the reasons for the design before you ridicule. OR at least point out design flaws (like the damned convertible top) that will hinder the abilities of the whole thing.
italian… Lampo = Thunder
italian… Lampo = Thunder
It looks strange on these pictures, because the photographer had his camera a knee level, or lower. This is a very low car, as the Pontiac Solstice. You would see it in the street, it would look completely different from these 2 pictures.
It looks strange on these pictures, because the photographer had his camera a knee level, or lower. This is a very low car, as the Pontiac Solstice. You would see it in the street, it would look completely different from these 2 pictures.