Lamborghini Unveils a Self-Healing Electric Supercar Concept

Post by Wingman4l7 » Thu, Nov 09, 2017, 12:00 AM UTC

scribu wrote: post #87

LeonM wrote: post #6

> the company will develop in-wheel electric motors, which would eliminate the need for a single large engine. A 'single large engine' is only needed in ICE cars, electric vehicles have a 'small' motor, and can easily have multiple motors. It's already being done by Tesla and Rimac. To my knowledge, an 'in wheel' motor would not be desirable due to unsprung mass, so a motor on the chassis connected to the wheel with…

> Having 4 individual motors would be a first (I think) for a production car It looks like the Mercedes SLS Electric Drive already had it back in 2013: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_SLS_AMG#SLS_AMG_...

Doesn't look like they were integrated into the wheels, though.

Also, I take a slight issue with calling a vehicle that cost over half a million and sold less than 100 units a "production" car. :P

Post by lern_too_spel » Thu, Nov 09, 2017, 3:29 PM UTC

bri3d wrote: post #30

laichzeit0 wrote: post #26

I drive a car with low clearance, but that Lamborghini is just ridiculously close to the ground. You’ll scrape the bumper just pulling out a regular drive way. It sure as hell will need to be “self healing” for someone to legitimately be driving that.

Lamborghini have had "lifters" as an option (and now stock, I believe) on all their cars since the Diablo in the 1990s. It's a horrendously unreliable hydraulic damper extension system, but it does solve for that issue. Press a button and the front of the car rises 2-3in to clear bumps and especially dips.

This doesn't work if the wheel wells hug around more than half the wheel and are fixed in place to the chassis. The real reason it's so low is that it's a concept not meant to be driven.

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