Swiss-based Protoscar will be launching a full size sports cabriolet at the Geneva Motor Show. Unlike what you might expect from a typical cabriolet, the Protoscar LAMPO is actually a fully electric, emissions free vehicle which is powered by two electric motors with each of the motors mounted on the front and rear axles.
Total output of both electric motors is rated at 268HP and 440Nm of torque which is more than the Tesla Roadster which features 248HP and 375Nm of torque. With a lightweight 32 kWh lithium ion battery pack, it can deliver 200 kilometers over a full charge which is actually lower the Tesla’s 220 miles range. The LAMPO can be recharged via a house power outlet with a full charge time of 12 hours.
Protoscar also revealed that even with energy to recharge is directly taken from the publicly available infrastructure, the company has built a 16 kWH photovoltaic plant located in Tuscany that will generate energy via solar cells which will then help feed energy into the global grid. Apparently the automaker mentioned that “the goal is to self-produce all the energy that we need for the car getting to counterbalance the entire consumption”
Apart from a premium interior treatment, the Protoscar LAMPO also features an EVA Range estimator that presents “radar graph” of the residual range integrated with standard navigation capabilities, charging station location as well as an advanced long-distance trip planning system which incorporates charging time and recommended locations.
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sounds like proton campro rather than protoscar lampo !
yeah, like proton campro.. haha.. Electric car need a lot of time to tembus Malaysia…
Proton, Protos, next will be Zerg. It’s called Zerg Lampu. Hahaha.
i dont know when they are gonna give special tax discount or something similar to act as a catalyst to allow these car to have a demand here. i mean nonsense right?
cannot drive in rain, can get electric shock beb
only 200km per full-charged is like shah alam to tapah. what happen after that? anyway nice sporty design.
Protoscar? Must.. have.. energy…. and always look for battery.
How appropriate.
Anyone opt for a turbodiesel terran tank?
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200km is practical enough. Can let you work in KL for like 3 days or eat crab in seremban and back.
We have all the masterpiece, the next step is to mass produce the hell out of it to make the battery dirt cheap, and gov program to 100% recycle the dead batteries. Actually the technology for electric motor is pretty basic, what matters is to make a feasible power source to run it.
And with electric motor, prolly there is not even oil change for the car! Or the lubricant last as long as your automatic oil.
i thought this is protons car..hehe
hmm..will this kind of car functions well during “flash flood”?
the technology will be very interesting
There’s awareness of oil reducing everyday but till then, oil will be the main source of energy to power our transportation.
This concept car if in production will only cater to some californians and richies.
For Proton, I prefer them working on something like hybrid or fuel saving engines/ mechanism
An ambitious project that should surely attract interest. We like the idea of a car manufacturer pumping clean, renewable energy back into the grid, helping propel its own cars. Splendid!
Nick
Electricnick.com