The NLV Quant – By Koenigsegg (a four-seater solar electric car)

[OKIsItJustMe]

http://www.koenigsegg.com/pressreleases.php?view=16

PRESS RELEASES

PUBLISHED Thursday 26 February

Geneva Auto Salon Press Release
The NLV Quant – By Koenigsegg

Swedish supercar marque Koenigsegg and NLV Solar AG, a pioneer in photovoltaics and accumulator technology, have joined forces to create the Quant. The brainchild of this marriage of power and energy is a four-seater solar electric car. A full-scale model is to be unveiled at the 2009 Geneva Salon, with the two companies currently working on running prototypes to scale up for series production.

Two companies, one vision

The project was born when NLV Solar AG commissioned the environmentally aware Swedish supercar manufacturer Koenigsegg to develop and design a “car of the future”, incorporating NLV Solar’s groundbreaking, proprietary technology in the felds of photovoltaics and accumulators.

In 2008, the two companies signed a co-operation agreement to create a test vehicle for a unique propulsion system which makes optimum use of the solar technologies developed by NLV Solar AG, allied with an innovative accumulator unit. The groundbreaking thin-flm solar-cell coating is being implemented in one of Koenigsegg’s signature avant-garde designs.

Groundbreaking technology

The advances in electric power generation and storage, combined with the aerodynamic, futuristic Koenigsegg design and engineering, will enable the NLV Quant to charge the FAES(Flow Accumulator Energy Storage) to full capacity in 20 minutes and give the vehicle a range of 500 kilometres. The additional power input from the invisible, thin-flm photovoltaic coating that covers the body of the car, further increases the range potential.

The revolutionary solar and FAES systems enable the design of a fully electrical vehicle, rather than relying on more commonplace hybrid solutions. This also simplifes the drive train layout and packaging, as only one propulsion system is needed.

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[ConcernedCanuk]

1. 500 horsepower - wow - - and solar/electric - KEWL!!

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The projected curb weight of 1780 kg is very light considering that it is a battery-powered, four-seater, luxury performance car.

This is partly due to the two-motor installation which weighs in at only 140 kg – a remarkable achievement considering the power output of 512 hp and maximum torque of 715 nm which allows the Quant to deliver 0–100 km/h in 5.2 seconds and hit a top speed of 275 km/h.

Another reason for the car’s low weight is the utilisation of a carbon-fibre monotube backbone chassis, construction, which houses the FAES system safely inside the centreline of the car at the lowest possible position, bringing down the centre of gravity and central mass point. The FAES only weigh around 450 kg and contain no hazardous material or heavy metals.

[TheWraith]

2. I call BS.

Let's see: a car which supposedly gets 300 miles on a 20 minute charge, with a super-light battery pack that contains no hazardous chemicals or heavy metals? Bull.

Notice that they have NO actual photos of the vehicle, only computer renderings. They're also talking about MAYBE having a full size MODEL at some point this year. In other words, the car doesn't actually exist, and the specs are so much fluff at this point. They may always be, unless these guys have some kind of near miraculous technology no one else has even heard of. Note the use of sexy sounding but meaningless technobabble like "gravimetric" on their website. They're also claiming 170 watt-hours per kilogram, which is a number that currently would require batteries which haven't been produced in quantity yet.

[OKIsItJustMe]

4. "batteries which haven't been produced in quantity yet," but, then, neither is the car

Nor is it likely to be.

None of your points seem to rule out these two companies producing a concept car which would never go mainstream.

[TheWraith]

5. Let me rephrase: at best, technology that's never been produced outside of a lab.

At worst, they're making things up and giving them a name. This just smacks to me of "we'll put out specs now, and figure out how to make it in ten years or so." No known battery can recharge that fast, and only the most experimental Lithium Ion packs could approach that density.

[OKIsItJustMe]

6. So, you're saying it's like the Tesla Roadster

You know… Assuming things go the way we expect, we think we ought to be able to do this for…

Here's their claim:
"… A full-scale model is to be unveiled at the 2009 Geneva Salon, with the two companies currently working on running prototypes to scale up for series production. …"

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Nice car, but with the CCX at over a million...

what's this one gonna cost?