Geneva preview: All-electric Lampo by Protoscar

Posted on January 6th, 2009 by Robert Adams | Posted under: Electric cars, Future/Concept, Other makes

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Protoscar SA is a design company specialized in CleanCars and based in Rovio, Switzerland. At the 2009 Geneva Motor Show they will unveil the Lampo, a full size sport cabriolet powered by two electric BRUSA motors(one rear and one front mounted) that generate 268 horsepower!

For comparison Tesla Roadster has 248 hp and reaches 0-60 mph in under 4 seconds.

These BRUSA engines that power the Lampo are optimized for maximizing acceleration and regenerative braking respectively, developing a constant torque of over 440 Nm from 0 to 5000 rpm.

Lithium-Ion battery pack has a capacity of 35kWh and offers a range over 200 km (125 miles). Protoscar will be releasing more information and details by mid February. Stay tuned!

Protoscar press release below:

LAMPO”: where ultimate performances meet Guinness-efficiency!
The stylish LAMPO Showcar that Protoscar SA will unveil at the next Geneva Motorshow
on March 2nd 2009 (e’mobile stand 5141, hall 5) is a full size sport cabriolet powered by
two-hundred-sixty-eight (yes, 268 HP!) - totally clean and silent – “horses”!

Two electric BRUSA motors (one rear - and one front- mounted) are optimized for
maximizing acceleration and regenerative braking respectively, developing a constant
torque of over 440 Nm from 0 to 5’000 RPM!

Thanks to a lightweight Lithium-Ion battery pack with a capacity of 35kWh, a range of
over 200km is possible between recharges: those can be done using every standard EU
plug. The on-board charger also recognizes automatically if an accelerated 7kW
“booster” charge can be supplied by the electric network. A remote 16kWp photovoltaic
plant (using amorphous silicon solar cells) produces 18’000 kWh/year, which results in
enough clean energy for covering over 50’000 km/year saving 12 tons of CO2 at a lower
km-price than gasoline and diesel.

The extremely high energy efficiency of the whole system allows to transform over 80%
of each kWh produced by the photovoltaic plant into driven km: 3 times better (see:
www.optiresource.org) than the best internal combustion cars can do with diesel fuel!
Never before such ultimate zero-emission performances have been demonstrated at
such excellent level of overall Well-to-Wheel efficiency – and on top of it without any drop of oil!