Last year, Lamborghini and MIT collaborated to launch the concept of the Terzo Millennio electric sports car with its full sense of the future. If it is made, Terzo Millennio will also be the first all-electric Lamborghini supercar.
According to Maurizio Reggiani, head of Lamborghini's R&D department, the technology carried by Terzo Millennio will be revolutionary. The technology applied to traditional sports cars such as Tesla, Nissan and Jaguar is no longer suitable for future supercars. It is the weight of the battery pack and the packaging problem.
'Our vehicles will have a top speed of over 186 mph and they must be able to run at full speed three rounds of the Nurburgring North Circuit (22.8 kilometers in total length). This is not achieved through conventional battery technology. ' He said.
Currently, mass-produced electric vehicles have a skateboard-like chassis with a lithium-ion battery pack with a length and width of approximately 2 meters by 1.5 meters. This design is suitable for crossovers and SUVs, but for For Lamborghini sports cars, it brings extra weight and a lot of packaging restrictions.
So for the super running, the novel electricity storage technology becomes the key, which is also the flash point in the design concept of Terzo Millennio. Terzo Millennio proved the feasibility of energy storage using carbon fiber parts. This part can be body panel, suspension , Even the seat back. Reggiani said that the use of body panels and other components to store electrical energy, can effectively neutralize the high weight of the electric drive system, which is the only way to turn all-electric super run into reality.
He added: 'Our scientific cooperation with MIT will end after 3 years. If we can reach a comprehensive design concept then the next step is to push it to industrialization. This will take about two years. After that, we also It takes about five years to mass-produce this model. In other words, if the scientific research process goes well, the fully-powered Lamborghini will be available around 2030.
From Reggiani's discourse, we can speculate that Lamborghini's models launched after the Aventador will not be purely electric. Lamborghini officials also confirmed recently that the next-generation models will enable hybrid powertrains. While greatly improving fuel economy, this is also Will add more weight to the car body. However, another advantage of using hybrid power is to ensure that vehicles can use Lamborghini's signature V12 engine.
In addition, the innovative engine design is also one of the ways for the sports car to be electrified. Lamborghini's new SUV named Urus added turbocharged engines. However, Reggiani stated: 'For super running, the body shape is always more important than the engine's model. If a car has off-road requirements, the turbocharger would be a good choice. However, the sports car needs more sensitive response and high-quality sound, and the sports car accelerates, that is, if the engine speed is low. It does not need to have high torque.