LAMPO2 components. Click to enlarge.
Protoscar, a Swiss company which has been developing CleanCar
projects for 23 years, will introduce the LAMPO2 electric sports car prototype at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show in March. LAMPO2 is a more energy-efficient successor to the LAMPO demonstration vehicle
presented in 2009. (Earlier post.)
LAMPO2 has two BRUSA electric motors (allowing it to operate as a four-wheel drive with variable
torque between front and rear axle for optimal handling, safety and efficiency) with a total
output of 300 kW (408 hp), 640 N·m (472 lb-ft) of torque (more than 50% more than its predecessor) and 32 kWh of Lithium-Ion battery capacity.
The LAMPO2. Click to enlarge.
Weight, aerodynamics and the efficiency of individual components of the BRUSA drive train have been further optimized in order to reach energy consumption of less than 100 Wh/km-ton under real conditions.
The two Brusa HSM1-10.16.13 motors are powered by a Brusa DMC534 inverter. The water-coooled Brusa battery pack comprises 216 Kokam SLPB cells (Li-ion with polymeric electrolyte). Nominal voltage of the pack is 400V, and maximum continuous discharge current is 200 A (400A peak).
LAMPO2 accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 5 seconds, has a top speed of 200 km/h (120 mph) and a
range of more than 200 km (120 miles).
LAMPO2 is equipped with 4 different charging modes:
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Standard single-phase with up to 3.3 kW on-board charger for typical overnight
home-charge; -
“Control-pilot” equipped and (EDF provided) PLC single-phase with 6.6 kW on board
charger typical for public charging; -
Standard three-phase 9.9 kW on-board charger typical for charging at industrial
plugs (fleet-owners); and -
An interface for DC fast charging (able to transmit a max. power of 80 kW), where up
to 100km of additional range can be charged within just 10 minutes, by an off-board
system.
LAMPO2 will be shown at the Geneva show together with different charging infrastructure solutions: a smart home charge device (developed with ALPIQ), the public charging station E-TOTEM and
the quick-charging station (developed with ABB and Brusa).
Together with the first LAMPO (which has already been driven more than 10,000 km on race
tracks and public roads across Europe), LAMPO2 will be used for practical demonstrations
and testing. Protoscar has repeatedly been encouraged to develop an advanced electric
cabriolet for small-scale production and plans to use the LAMPO2 to evaluate this
possibility. The evaluation will include discussions with potential industrial and financial
partners, and an assessment of the preferences and desires of potential clients.
In addition to BRUSA, which supplies the components of the whole drive train, the main
partners and sponsors of the LAMPO2 project are ALPIQ (the leading Swiss company in
power generation and distribution, which is actively promoting the goal of 15% of electric
vehicles in Switzerland by 2020), the German Fraunhofer Institute IAO (EV-specific
features and MMI, as well as optimization of the ergonomics), ABB (DC fast-charging
technology) and the Swiss Federal Office of Energy.
