DS Vehicles is a premium electrical car that has motorsports to again up its declare, garnering Components E championships inside two consecutive seasons. The French luxurious marque underneath the Stellantis Group takes its experience in efficiency electrical autos and got here up with this – the E-Tense Efficiency Idea.
An evolution of the DS E-Tense Idea from 2016, the E-Tense Efficiency Idea is pegged to be “a really high-performance laboratory, meant to speed up the event of expertise for the subsequent DS Vehicles designs.”
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The DS E-Tense Efficiency Idea contains a carbon monocoque chassis with a drivetrain taken from a Components E single-seater. It has two electrical motors (back and front) for a complete output of 815 horsepower (600 kilowatts) and 5,900 pound-feet (8,000 Newton-meters) on the wheels.
However these aren’t the perfect half. The DS E-Tense Efficiency Idea contains a regeneration capability of 600 kW. DS mentioned that solely regeneration shall be used for braking, although it nonetheless has a braking system with discs and pads for security.
In fact, the battery is the essential a part of this idea automobile, collectively developed by TotalEnergies and its subsidiary Saft. Aside from the acceleration and regeneration of as much as 600 kW, the partnership developed an immersive cooling system for cells, at odds with present expertise.
“The thought can be to search out options to decrease prices, make them simpler to fabricate and discover implementations in manufacturing fashions. The subsequent generations of the E-TENSE vary will profit from these developments,” mentioned Thomas Chevaucher, DS Efficiency Director.
The brand new DS E-Tense Efficiency Idea may also be a design research for DS Vehicles.
Beginning this February 2022, Components E champions Jean-Eric Vergne and Antonio Felix da Costa will take turns on the wheel of the E-Tense Efficiency for its growth. The actual-world efficiency information shall be revealed afterwards.
