QUANT e-Sportlimousine prototype 2014

[StarLight]

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StarLight Garage presents the new QUANT e-Sport limousine - with its new powertrain and energy storage concept ¬- is a quantum leap in the development of electric mobility. The state-of-the-art design of its carbon monocoque body gives the car a hot-blooded elegance. The first prototype built by nanoFLOWCELL AG is a breath of fresh air, and not just for those in the alternate drive-train scene.

The QUANT e-Sport limousine is built around an extremely stable monocoque composed of carbon-fibre structures, the four-seater with gull-wing doors is an innovative and intelligent vehicle concept for electrical mobility. The two-metre long gull-wing doors give access to both front and back seats. The first gull-wing four-seater in automotive history combines, with its innovative drivetrain concept, the most advanced elements in the development of mobility today. Four electric motors, one per wheel, draw their power from a completely new battery system that is guaranteed to draw the attention of scientists and researchers around the world: The nanoFLOWCELL® energy storage system works on the proven principles of the redox flow-cell, but the nanoFLOWCELL® extends the technical characteristics and possibilities of this technology to new heights.

Flow cell systems are in regular use today for terrestrial applications like storing solar energy for domestic residences or storing wind energy for use during the next lull in winds. Until now, flow cells based on redox principles have been too heavy and their energy conversion rates too sluggish for use in mobile applications.

This is where the nanoFLOWCELL® technology opens the door to a broad palette of new technical opportunities. The improvements that have given the system such a major performance boost are the result of research into the quantum chemistry of electrolytic fluids. The most important innovation of the nanoFLOWCELL® is in its significantly higher charge- and power-density thanks to an extremely high concentration of ionic charge carriers in the cell system's electrolyte.

The approach that made the nanoFLOWCELL® system's rapid advances possible was based on extensive research activities in the nanoFLOWCELL AG's DigiLab simulation lab in Zurich, Switzerland. This is where mastermind and director of development, Nunzio La Vecchia, and his team have been investigating key aspects of quantum chemistry through molecular engineering. Years of experimentation went into simulating and digitally testing charge transport mechanisms, then synthesising and real-world testing of the resulting materials.

This work produced charge-carrier liquids significantly more concentrated than those used in conventional redox flow-cell systems. Whilst terrestrial redox flow-cells operate using electrolyte tanks that hold thousands of litres, a few hundred litres is enough to power the QUANT e-Sport limousine on a long drive.

Development of the prototype's powertrain concept being shown in Geneva will continue for the nanoFLOWCELL AG as a part of the overall vehicle concept. The production of four more prototypes for research and development is planned for 2014. The small team at nanoFLOWCELL® AG has big challenges ahead of it and is working with major partners to further optimise the technologies presented here. The challenges include bringing the current system to series-production readiness and thereby establishing it as the powertrain of the future.


TECHNICAL DATA

DRIVE TRAIN
all-wheel drive via 4 three-phase induction motors,
torque vectoring for optimal drive torque distribution
peak power: 680 KW (925 PS); 170 KW (231.2 PS) x 4
operating power: 480 KW (653 PS); 120 KW (163.2 PS) x 4
peak-torque per wheel: 2,900 NM x 4

nanoFLOWCELL®
nominal voltage: 600 V
nominal current: 50 A
tank capacity: 2 x 200 L

PERFORMANCE
0 - 100 KM/H: 2.8 S
top speed: 380 + KM/H
range: projected 400 to 600 KM
energy consumption: 20 KWH/100 KM

DIMENSION AND WEIGHT
kerb weight with full tanks: 2,300 KG
wheelbase: 3,198 MM

WHEEL AND TYRES
front: 245 x 30 R22"
rear: 285 x 30-22"
rolling resistance optimised
width: 2,019 MM
length: 5,257 MM
height: 1,357 MM

BODY
door system: two double wing-safety-doors
door openings: 865 MM x 2,068 MM
side window: 400 MM x 1,830 MM
body type: monocoque
seats: four, front and rear adjustable

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[CostasDrifter]

Strange but nice!

 

[CostasDrifter]

From World Premiere of this strange beauty...

 

[GBalao888]

This can be already considered as a pure electric hypercar, but the weight is very heavy at 2300kg.

 

[swynder]

It has some nice lines! At least from the side!

 

[Eraezr]

Pity its not in production.

 

[CostasDrifter]

Really good looking...!

 

[lGNAl]

http://www.gizmag.com/quant-f-1000-hp-supercar-500-miles-range/36029/

http://www.gtspirit.com/2015/02/14/...sportscar-to-debut-at-geneva-motor-show-2015/

^^ Not sure if its an updated version of this car, or a whole new model based on the old one.

Edit: It is a new model. You can post it in a new thread if you want. Info below.


2016 NanoFlowcell AG Quant F First Debut Concept Redesign Sport Car. Quant, makers of the NanoFlowcell power technology we saw on the Quant e-Sportlimousine last year at the Geneva Motor Show, is coming back with an evolution of that car called the Quant F. The company says the F has been "completely re-engineered and re-designed," but you'd never pick that up by just looking at it. Underneath the new paint job there's a revised carbon fiber monocoque featuring a slimmer A-pillar, a two-stage aerofoil in back and backlit crystal headlights that reveal a Q" formation when they're turned on.

The propulsion system gets tweaked to provide a longer range of 800 kilometers, an improvement of 200 km over the Quant E. Power goes up a touch as well, from a peak of 912 horsepower in the Quant E to 1090 hp here, now run through a two-speed transmission. Electric motors are hung at all four wheels, but the two up front can be disengaged when not needed.

The Quant received its road-legal certification last year, but there's much to be done before it goes on sale. The Liechtenstein company says that that exterior is 100-percent road legal, but the interior needs a few touches before it's ready. Series production is the goal, with crash tests eventually planned for Germany and the US. We'll see it in a few weeks on the Geneva show floor.