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Earlier this month, Swiss “CleanCar Shapers” (their tenure, not ours) Protoscar offered up the little teaser of the new Lampo 2 electric sportscar, that is headed for a Geneva Motor Show early next month. Now which we’ve got the total array of images to gawk on, you feel comfortable in observant which it’s some-more than a small funky.

Based upon General Motors’ Kappa height, that underpins the Pontiac Solstice, Saturn Sky as well as, in Europe, the Opel GT (may they rest in assent, a Lampo 2 features infrequently made bodywork wrapped around the powertrain consisting of twin electric motors – asingle for any spindle to give it all-wheel drive – as well as the large-capacity lithium ion battery pack. Solar cells mounted out behind may help operation an infinitesimal bit.

Total combined outlay comes in during 408 horsepower and 472 pound-feet of torque, enough to push a 3,483-pound EV to 62 miles per hour in around five seconds with a top speed of 124 mph. Not exactly Tesla Roadster-slaying performance, which. Conjunction is it as attractive as the Roadster, in the not-so-humble opinions.

Protoscar’s explain to fame might be in a Lampo 2’s recharging options, togetherwith one which offers up 100 kilometers (60 miles) of range after a 10 notation charge around an off-board DC rapid horse interface. Wish more? Check out the high-res picture below, as well as have the jump for the formerly expelled press release and the video of the automobile in all the, um… glory.

Gallery:Protoscar Lampo 2

[Source: Protoscar]

PRESS RELEASE

Protoscar unveils the electric sports automobile prototype LAMPO2 at the Geneva Motor Show 2010

LAMPO2 is an electric proof sports automobile recognised by Protoscar, the Swiss company which has been developing CleanCar projects for 23 years togetherwith consulting of OEMs, energy utilities as well as governments. The LAMPO2 boasts “quick-charging” capability (up to 100 km range prolongation in only 10 minutes charging time) and will be presented during a Geneva Motor Show (2nd March 201 0) upon a e’mobile stand Nr. 5141.

LAMPO2 is an even some-more appetite fit inheritor to the LAMPO proof car presented in 2009. Weight, aerodynamics as well as a efficiency of individual components of a BRUSA expostulate train have been further optimized in order to reach the world-class appetite consumption of less than 100Wh/km-ton underneath real conditions. LAMPO2 is versed with 4 different charging modes:

• customary single-phase with up to 3,3kW upon board charger for standard overnight home-charge,
• “control-pilot” versed and (EDF provided) PLC single-phase with 6,6kW on board horse typical for public charging,
• customary three-phase 9,9kW on board horse typical for charging at industrial plugs (fleet-owners) as well as
• an interface for DC quick charging Means to transmit a max. energy of 80kW), where up to 100km of additional operation can be charged within only 10 minutes, by an off-board system, so which the dissimilar 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 Grown wi th ALPIQ), a public charging station E-TOTE M as well as a quick-charging hire (developed with ABB as well as Brusa).

LAMPO2 impressively demonstrates which electric drive-trains are grownup and perform sufficiently well to be a resolution for all sorts of vehicles, not just city cars. This includes reward cars, the segment through which most new technologies have successfully been introduced into a market.

Together with the initial LAMPO (which has already been driven over 10′000 km upon competition marks as well as public roads across Europe), LAMPO2 will be used for unsentimental demonstrations and testing. Protoscar has repeatedly been encouraged to develop an advanced electric cabriolet for small-scale production as well as skeleton to use the LAMPO2 to evaluate this possibility. The evaluation will embody discussions with intensity industrial as well as financial partners, as well as an comment of the preferences as well as desires of potential clients. Lampo channel the Gotthard pass in Might 2009.

In addition to BRUSA, which supplies the components of a whole drive sight, the categorical partners as well as sponsors of the LAMPO2 project have be en ALPIQ (the leading Swiss company in energy era as well as placement, that is actively compelling a idea of 15% of electric vehicles in Switzerland by 2020), a German Fraunhofer Hospital IAO ( EV-specific facilities as well as MMI, as well as optimization of the ergonomics), ABB (DC fast-charging record as well as the Swiss Federal Bureau of Energy.

Technical details LAMPO2 has dual electric motors (allowing it to work as the four-wheel drive with variable torque between front and back axle for optimal handling, safety as well as potency with the total outlay of 260 kW Homogeneous to 350 HP), 600 Nm (50% some-more than its prototype as well as over 30 kWh of Lithium-Ion battery genius. LAMPO2 features real sports-car performances: 5 seconds to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h, 200 km/h of max. speed and the operation of over 200 km. Some-more than enough appetite for pushing is constructed by a remote solar plant that is installed on the roof of the farm in Tuscany, allowing the real zero-emission drive on the “Well-to-Wheel” basement.

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