Koenigsegg Regera

[Greg_D]

Sounds interesting, a bit light on details obviously, but it will be interesting to see how they reconcile 690epower with lightweight!

Will it be 690 + their normal engine = holy moley... or a downsized unit.

It will be interesting to see how christian doubles back on his widely spouted observations that (and i paraphrase) 'the current crop of petrol electric hybrids are all daft and useless - big turbo v8s are the only way forward'

I think this one will run and run!

http://www.evo.co.uk/koenigsegg/15293/koenigsegg-r...

[Alex_6n2]

Would be interesting to see if it gets the 1350bhp V8 from the One:1

That would be hilarious.

[Mafffew]

Holy is all I can say.

[GroundEffect]

Either it'll have 500kg of batteries or it'll have next to no useful range from the eMotor.

[Greg_D]

GroundEffect said:

Either it'll have 500kg of batteries or it'll have next to no useful range from the eMotor.

that was kind of what i was getting at. maybe they will minimise the battery pack by running the ICE @ peak torque and using the extra energy through a generator to charge the (smaller) batteries!!! who knows, but it will certainly get a discussion going!!!

[loudlashadjuster]

*Awaits Koenigsegg's biggest fan to tell us all about it, every excruciatingly positive detail*

[0llie]

Err, wow! I can't wait to see this

[Claudia Skies]

Another set of brand new clothes for the Emperor!

Still, if people want to buy 'em you can't blame the Koenigseggs and Zondas of this world for building 'em.

[longblackcoat]

loudlashadjuster said:

*Awaits Koenigsegg's biggest fan to tell us all about it, every excruciatingly positive detail*

Yeah, I'm fearing that as well.

[SuperchargedVR6]

Is "Inside Koenigsegg" still on the YouTube /Drive channel? Haven't seen it there in ages. I liked his combination of passion and technical knowledge, so it would be good to see him talk us through this new car's tech bits!

[anonymous-user]

So this is the same company that said "Hyper hybrids are pointless and it's much better to just have a stoking great internal combustion engine" who are now wheeling out, yup, a hyper hybrid........ ;-)


It will be interesting to see how long the Emachine in it can do 690bhp for. (thermally and total energy storage wise)

[McWigglebum4th]

Max_Torque said:

It will be interesting to see how long the Emachine in it can do 690bhp for. (thermally and total energy storage wise)

You know more about this then i do but

Could you get 690bhp out of a Nissan leaf motor?

I think you could

Just not for very long

[BugLebowski]

loudlashadjuster said:

*Awaits Koenigsegg's biggest fan to tell us all about it, every excruciatingly positive detail*

Is that guy still around? I've never seen a man so head over heels in love with a car brand before!

[Looket]

Well, 'regera' means 'to rule' so they're definitely not light on ambition.

[anonymous-user]

McWigglebum4th said:

Max_Torque said:

It will be interesting to see how long the Emachine in it can do 690bhp for. (thermally and total energy storage wise)

You know more about this then i do but

Could you get 690bhp out of a Nissan leaf motor?

I think you could

Just not for very long

I think you couldn't!


for an Emachine supply voltage = power, as it also equals speed.

You can get more power by getting more torque at the same speed (pushing up the current) and/or by making the same current at a higher speed.

In case 1, it's almost certain the demag limit of a Leaf motor would be the issue, and in terms of more speed, chances are the rotor eddy current losses and simple mechanical strength would be limiting.


There is also the significant issue of the motors insulation specification and if it could cope with the extra applied EMF without shorting / failing. Again, unlikely.

[Greg_D]

http://www.evo.co.uk/koenigsegg/15410/koenigsegg-r...

Hmmm, looks like it's going to be a bit mental - No retraction from Christian Re: his previous comments yet....