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The Sian was unveiled back in September, at the Frankfurt Auto Show in Germany, The Aventador-based machine uses, for the first time in Lamborghini’s lineup, a hybrid powertrain; it is also the quickest Lambo yet. And more are coming.
The Sian is capable of reaching 62 mph in under 2.8 seconds, making it one of the fastest machines on Earth, thanks in part to the supercapacitor it uses. The technology, deployed for the first time in a car, means there are no lithium-ion batteries to hold the electricity.
The supercapacitor, three times more potent than a battery of the same weight, can be recharged to full capacity instantly every time the car brakes, meaning power boost is instantly available and there is a 10 percent increase in speed when compared with cars that don’t use it.
This wonder technology is just the beginning, as the carmaker revealed this week it is working together with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on a new, better version of the tech.
The news was made public as a means to announce the first major breakthrough in the three-year old research project: “a patent for an innovative synthetic material that will serve as the technological base for a new generation of supercapacitors.”
All the technical (and limited) details on the material can be found in the press release section below. What we will tell you is that Lamborghini believes it will improve the energy density of the supercapacitor by up to 100 percent compared to the technology now available.
The fine print is that yes, this means Lamborghini is committed to electrifying its cars. But not in the way that others are doing it, but by using technology no one thought of using this way until now.
“The joint research with MIT fully embodies our values and our vocation for anticipating the future: a future in which hybridization is increasingly desirable and inevitably necessary,” said in a statement Stefano Domenicali, Lamborghini CEO.
The supercapacitor, three times more potent than a battery of the same weight, can be recharged to full capacity instantly every time the car brakes, meaning power boost is instantly available and there is a 10 percent increase in speed when compared with cars that don’t use it.
This wonder technology is just the beginning, as the carmaker revealed this week it is working together with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on a new, better version of the tech.
The news was made public as a means to announce the first major breakthrough in the three-year old research project: “a patent for an innovative synthetic material that will serve as the technological base for a new generation of supercapacitors.”
All the technical (and limited) details on the material can be found in the press release section below. What we will tell you is that Lamborghini believes it will improve the energy density of the supercapacitor by up to 100 percent compared to the technology now available.
The fine print is that yes, this means Lamborghini is committed to electrifying its cars. But not in the way that others are doing it, but by using technology no one thought of using this way until now.
“The joint research with MIT fully embodies our values and our vocation for anticipating the future: a future in which hybridization is increasingly desirable and inevitably necessary,” said in a statement Stefano Domenicali, Lamborghini CEO.
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