Premium Luxury car company Audi has unveiled its first vehicle from it’s 3-year “E-Perfomance” project, which was carried out in collaboration with Bosch and number of institutes at the RWTH(Rheinisch Westfalische Technische Hochschule, means : Rhenish-Westphalian Technical University). The project began with aim to develop a scalable electric vehicle technology platform which would serve as the basis for a variety of electric-powered vehicles which would would be come under category of compact cars to sedan to sports car. And this one from Audi, represents the “E- Sport” technology platform and the car borrows its styling cues from its own Audi R8, and under the hood everything is electric.
The Performance Prototype as it is known, is powered by 3 separate electric motors, of which all of them can be controlled individually, a synchronous motor at the front axle is used at slow speeds, while the two performance-optimized asynchronous motors at the rear axle join the party at higher speeds to make the e Sport a fully electric, all together 3 motors deliver a total of 150 kW (204 hp) and 550 Nm (405.66 lb-ft) of torque.
Now these motors which have been mentioned earlier are powered by 2 separate battery blocks, of which each are made up of, 200 macrocells, providing a power of 38 kWh, and a switchable high-voltage electrical system sees the two batteries delivering output voltages of 144 or 216 volts, with the required uniform system voltage provided by a DC/DC converter, and to maximize efficiency the voltage is kept around 200 volts, under normal driving conditions, which further adds up to 440 volts. The battery system comprises cast aluminum sections that are designed to absorb the bulk of energy resulting from an impact, and as a additional safety measure beveled walls within the two battery blocks allow the macrocells to shift relative to one another in the event of an accident, with that feature Audi says that the initial test revealed that the battery components of the system can withstand even a side impact with a pole. Battery temperature is regulated by a heat pump that also takes care of thermal management of the drive system and interior of the vehicle. This system can also store heat in the batteries to cut down on the amount of energy required to heat the interior the next time the car is driven.
The Basic Drive Functions include, Park, Reverse, Neutral and Drive which are controlled via operating buttons in the center console, with all other operations are controlled by the computer that is placed in the center console.
There aren’t more details on this new Audi prototype, but as soon as we receive any kind of information we will be posting it soon, and so stay tuned, and as of now enjoy the clicks.
