Protoscar to Unveil LAMPO2 Electric Sports Car at Geneva Show

9 February 2010

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:

• 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.