Lamborghini has revealed a rolling chassis model of its subsequent V12 supercar flagship recognized for now because the LB744.
Dubbed the “monofuselage”, this monocoque chassis is impressed by aeronautics and made completely of carbon fiber of various varieties.
Its entrance part is created from a particular materials referred to as Solid Composites which is patented by Lamborghini and consists of brief carbon fibers soaked in resin. The bathtub, entrance firewall and A-pillar are additionally product of Solid Composite.
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The one a part of the car’s chassis that is not carbon fiber is the rear part that is product of high-strength aluminum alloys and options two hole castings within the rear dome space.
Lamborghini says the monofuselage is a “important step ahead from the Aventador by way of torsional stiffness, light-weight qualities and driving dynamics”.
Though the Italian carmaker doesn’t specify a precise weight determine, it says it’s 10 p.c lighter than the Aventador chassis. The brand new mannequin’s entrance body can be 20 p.c lighter than its aluminum predecessor.
Torsional stiffness has been improved with a worth of 40,000Nm per diploma, which is up 25 p.c in comparison with the Aventador.
This is not the primary time Lamborghini has given us an official sneak preview into this new flagship mannequin. It follows some details it released on its plug-in hybrid (PHEV) powertrain.
Dubbed the model’s first sequence manufacturing Excessive Efficiency Electrified Automobile (HPEV), it contains a new 6.5-liter V12 engine at its coronary heart.
Producing 607kW of energy and 725Nm of torque, it is hooked as much as the rear axle solely. Redline is 9500rpm, or 500rpm past what the 4.0-liter six within the Porsche 911 GT3GT3 RS, and 718 Cayman GT4 RS can handle.
It will not be augmented by turbochargers, superchargers, and even 48V mild-hybrid know-how. However it is going to be backed by three electrical motors.
One (with 110kW and 150Nm) is hooked up to the transverse-mounted, eight-speed dual-clutch transmission; the opposite two are hooked up to the entrance wheels.
That is solely the third V12 mannequin from Lamborghini to have a transverse-mounted transmission. The primary was the Miura, the second the track-only Essenza SCV12.
Lamborghini says the transmission can decouple the engine in a manner that enables its new V12 supercar to be all-wheel drive even when it is in EV mode.
These front-mounted motors every make 110kW of energy and 350Nm of torque, and open the door for every kind of torque vectoring trickery not doable with the standard all-wheel drive system within the now-defunct Aventador.
Mixed, the PHEV powertrain will make 745kW (1000hp) of energy.
Feeding the electrical motors is a 3.8kWh lithium-ion battery pack mounted in what would as soon as have been the transmission tunnel.
It may be charged in 30 minutes utilizing a 7kW wall field, or with regenerative braking from the entrance wheels, or utilizing the V12 in six minutes.
Reverse is dealt with by the electrical motors, slightly than the petrol engine and transmission.
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