All the streets allow.
From commercial fleets to the family minivan – cars, trucks, buses and all variety of street legal utility vehicles. The diversity in on-highway equals enormous opportunity for electric and hybrid drive technologies, with exponential growth potential both medium term and out beyond the horizon. Present-day structural hurdles, above all to a more substantial move into the private sector, remain the establishment of broad-scale charging infrastructure alongside the still prohibitive purchase price resulting from low sales volumes. The greatest current technical challenge is found in battery cells, where the ongoing hunt for ever more compactness and range persists. Range extenders and efficiency-enhancing technologies carry the ball forward, yet the greatest breakthroughs are likely to come through progressive development in energy storage systems and high efficiency electronics. We’re there, with our fingers on the pulse.
Electrically driven.
Our destination, the perfect balance of enjoyment, safety, performance and range.
High speed & direct drive electric powertrain
PMSM (Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors)
320-450V & 500-750V
internal & external rotor
oil/water cooled
30-300kW
Power electronics (inverter)
3, 6 & 9-phase
water cooled
IGBT/MOSFET technology
Energy storage (batteries and capacitors)
Super cap
30, 60 & 120 cells
1, 2 & 4 packs
Vehicle management units
12 & 24V DC
DSP & PowerPC architecture
Single & multi-core CPU