Lampo, Electric Sport Car

June 25, 2009 · Posted in outer gadget · 1 Comment 

Lampo in Italian can be translated as Lightning, where as lighning it self is a combination of electrical and fast. A prototype electric car is made with this name ‘Lampo’ .

Lampo is designed in sport car with two doors. The energy or power source comes from the two water-cooled Brusa electric motors in a single-speed gearbox. One gearbox to drive the front wheels, and the other one to drive the back wheels.

Lampo Prototype Electric Sport Car

Lampo Prototype Electric Sport Car

One engine will do the gruntwork and the other one will set up the energy recovery from braking. Each axle is plugged with a 3.3kW charger.

Each of the lithium-ion battery packs can manage up to 16kWh, that will result a total output of 200kW. The total range that can be reached will 125 miles. Lampo can go from 0-60mph in 5 seconds, and the reach the max speed up to 125mph.