I have heard that “art” is only art when it exists for no other purpose than itself. Whatever that means. Similarly, there are cars, like the Bugatti Veyron, that exist for no other reason than they can exist. I mean really, who needs to spend $1.6 million on a 1,000 horsepower car? You could easily build a 1,000 horsepower car for under $100,000 these days!
Forget the Veyron though. Bugatti is apparently developing an all-electric luxury car, based on the Bentley Continental GT, that would rival the Veyron in horsepower and excess.
According to Auto Express, a prototype vehicle has already been built by Bugatti. The working prototype is powered by two powerful electric motors putting out 800 horsepower and a building-bending 1,600 ft-lbs of torque. Who, outside of heavy-equipment operators, needs that kind of torque?
Apparently just the super-wealthy. Advanced lithium-ion battery packs provide power for this electric beast. Still, according to Auto Express’ sources, if the car is run flat-out, the battery drains in a “matter of minutes.” The prototype is apparently being designed to give engineers a platform to practice electric propulsion technology on, though it is unclear at this point if the vehicle will ever see anything nearing “production” — if that’s the word you use for ultra-expensive Bugattis.
Bugatti has built electric cars before. The Type 56 was built by founder Ettore Bugatti, and while that vehicle was also never slated for production, customer demand brought it to the public. Could the same thing happen with a new generation of electric Bugattis?
Source: Auto Express | Image: Bugatti
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How quickly does the ICE powered version run out of fuel, when run flat out?
Sincerely, Neil
How quickly does the ICE powered version run out of fuel, when run flat out?
Sincerely, Neil
According to Top Gear…12 minutes.
According to Top Gear…12 minutes.
I’m honestly unimpressed. we can see that you big budget companies can easily build multithousand/million dollar cars for the 1% of us. what ever happened to building a car that can compete with the budget sub 20,000 vehicles for the other 99%? now THAT is a challenge i don’t think bugatti or any manufacturer (including nissan) can do. so why not put your resources into that? that is where the $ is imo.
I’m honestly unimpressed. we can see that you big budget companies can easily build multithousand/million dollar cars for the 1% of us. what ever happened to building a car that can compete with the budget sub 20,000 vehicles for the other 99%? now THAT is a challenge i don’t think bugatti or any manufacturer (including nissan) can do. so why not put your resources into that? that is where the $ is imo.
I personally think that’s great news. Just like my comment in the electric motorcycle league article, anyone building anything anywhere anytime that’s cutting edge is good. It advances the technology. Remember, horseless carriages started out being the pervue of the weathy. They spawned mass-production, which made them affordable to the common folk.
I personally think that’s great news. Just like my comment in the electric motorcycle league article, anyone building anything anywhere anytime that’s cutting edge is good. It advances the technology. Remember, horseless carriages started out being the pervue of the weathy. They spawned mass-production, which made them affordable to the common folk.
What I don’t understand is, if this vehicle is “being designed to give engineers a platform to practice electric propulsion technology on”, why don’t they just take the body of an old Chrysler, weigh it down with bricks, and perform the same tests?
Is the reason for all this waste just so a company like Bugatti can SAY it had so much waste?
What I don’t understand is, if this vehicle is “being designed to give engineers a platform to practice electric propulsion technology on”, why don’t they just take the body of an old Chrysler, weigh it down with bricks, and perform the same tests?
Is the reason for all this waste just so a company like Bugatti can SAY it had so much waste?