Lucid had their motor/inverter and drivetrain on display in exploded fashion. There are familiar parts in there like the planetary gears, ring gear, and differential. High power electronics need cooling; you can see the coolant connection hose barbs on the inverter.
I think the Lucid Sapphire is the quickest accelerating car you can buy. 1200hp, AWD, and Michelin tires gets you to 60mph in under two seconds and past the quarter mile in under nine seconds. It will just cost you a quarter million before taxes and all that stuff.
The rear trunk had these beams going rearward which I found interesting. I guess they are part of the crash structure.
No control arm brake ducts visible here either. It does have the typical air deflector ahead of the front tire. It also has the not-so-common air turning vane on the front undertray.
A cool thing about EVs at auto shows is that you can actually drive them indoors without choking on CO, unburnt HCs, and NOx.
The downside to EVs from a geek-out perspective is that motors and battery packs are not that interesting to look at. There’s a magnitude fewer parts and areas for differentiation. Where the differentiation will come that we care about is in EV sports cars. Porsche is one of the first to hop into that market with a serious mass market vehicle with their upcoming EV Boxster and Cayman. The question is if, or when, OEMs will make an EV with a good enough thermal system for sustained track use. I doubt the base model EV Porsches will be anything better than what’s already available, but maybe they will have some GT versions with the big enough thermal systems.
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Bummer this turbo didn’t make it into serial production. I wrote about it a while ago. https://motoiq.com/the-secret-turbo-in-the-ring-slaying-porsche-919-evo-honeywell-garrett-dualboost-for-gasoline-turbocharger/
Bummer this turbo didn’t make it into serial production. I wrote about it a while ago. https://motoiq.com/the-secret-turbo-in-the-ring-slaying-porsche-919-evo-honeywell-garrett-dualboost-for-gasoline-turbocharger/
Bummer this turbo didn’t make it into serial production. I wrote about it a while ago. https://motoiq.com/the-secret-turbo-in-the-ring-slaying-porsche-919-evo-honeywell-garrett-dualboost-for-gasoline-turbocharger/
Bummer this turbo didn’t make it into serial production. I wrote about it a while ago. https://motoiq.com/the-secret-turbo-in-the-ring-slaying-porsche-919-evo-honeywell-garrett-dualboost-for-gasoline-turbocharger/
Bummer this turbo didn’t make it into serial production. I wrote about it a while ago. https://motoiq.com/the-secret-turbo-in-the-ring-slaying-porsche-919-evo-honeywell-garrett-dualboost-for-gasoline-turbocharger/
Bummer this turbo didn’t make it into serial production. I wrote about it a while ago. https://motoiq.com/the-secret-turbo-in-the-ring-slaying-porsche-919-evo-honeywell-garrett-dualboost-for-gasoline-turbocharger/
Bummer this turbo didn’t make it into serial production. I wrote about it a while ago. https://motoiq.com/the-secret-turbo-in-the-ring-slaying-porsche-919-evo-honeywell-garrett-dualboost-for-gasoline-turbocharger/
Bummer this turbo didn’t make it into serial production. I wrote about it a while ago. https://motoiq.com/the-secret-turbo-in-the-ring-slaying-porsche-919-evo-honeywell-garrett-dualboost-for-gasoline-turbocharger/
Bummer this turbo didn’t make it into serial production. I wrote about it a while ago. https://motoiq.com/the-secret-turbo-in-the-ring-slaying-porsche-919-evo-honeywell-garrett-dualboost-for-gasoline-turbocharger/
Bummer this turbo didn’t make it into serial production. I wrote about it a while ago. https://motoiq.com/the-secret-turbo-in-the-ring-slaying-porsche-919-evo-honeywell-garrett-dualboost-for-gasoline-turbocharger/