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(from Peugeot Press
Release) The Peugeot EX1
100% electric Peugeot’s
latest concept car is a visually striking two-seater roadster with a
futuristic styling and an original architecture, designed to offer
intense driving sensations as a celebration of the
Marque’s 200th anniversary.
100% real The EX1 has
already broken several world records for acceleration from a
standing start. It owes its stunning performance to its streamlined
aerodynamics, its ultra-light structure and its two electric motors,
which give the car a cumulative maximum power of 250 kW (340 bhp)
and four-wheel drive.
As the preparations for
the commercial launch of the iOn near completion, Peugeot
demonstrates with the EX1 the exciting possibilities for electric
power.
200 years of adventure
The powerful spirit of
inventiveness is always present in Peugeot’s design offices and
helps create an unceasing flow of ideas. The most daring,
interesting and exciting of these ideas sometimes come together, to
give the body and soul to an extreme dream car.
With the desire to
unveil a stunning creation to celebrate Peugeot’s 200th anniversary,
some of these exciting ideas quickly became associated with another
ambition: that of highlighting the enormous possibilities offered by
the use of electric power in the realm of creating new driving
sensations.
To this end, engineers
and stylists explored the Marque’s history to find the most radical
technical solutions to use as a basis to produce a futuristic
performance car dedicated entirely to creating new driving
sensations yet at the same time presenting responsible environmental
credentials. The
original architecture is reminiscent of previous charismatic concept
cars like the Asphalte and 20Cup, while also benefiting from all of
the Marque’s historical expertise in the field of electric vehicles.
At a time when the
electric motor once again becomes 100% real for Peugeot, with the
i0n about to go on sale, the EX1 propels us into a new dimension of
raw emotion.
Efficient styling
The pure styling of this
two-seater roadster is in keeping with its mechanical design, like a
kind of “exoskeleton” highlighting the light-weight nature that
guided the vehicle’s creation.
The design of the body
incorporates Peugeot’s new stylistic design codes, first seen on the
SR1 concept car earlier this year, with its “floating” front grille
and flowing contours. Polished aluminium components adorn the door
surrounds in a reference to the RCZ and BB1.
Architecture, structure and
suspension. at the service of maximum efficiency
Far from being a
“classic” roadster, the EX1 concept car is based on an architecture
shaped like a “water droplet”, with a rear section built around two
closely set rear wheels.
Based on the experience
gained from creating the 1996 Asphalte concept car and the two 20Cup
models from 2005. The chosen architecture of the EX1 has enabled the
size of the passenger compartment to be reduced for optimal weight
distribution and ensure that there is no extra weight at all in the
overhangs.
The suspension employs a
number of technical solutions that ensure road holding of a very
high level. The front suspension consists of a drop link double
wishbone arrangement. The rear suspension comprises of a single
“swinging arm” linked to a centrally mounted shock absorber which is
connected via a rocker arm to provide a variable damping rate.
The monocoque body
structure is manufactured from a carbon/honeycomb composite to
optimise weight and rigidity. It also incorporates all of the
mounting points for the car’s mechanical components.
Finally, the dimensions
of the car (0.90 m high with a width of 1.77 m) contribute to
overall efficiency, a lowering of the centre of gravity and improved
aerodynamics.
Engines: PEUGEOT expertise in the
field of electric power
The electric motor is a
potential source of new driving sensations thanks to its exceptional
acceleration capabilities, but also because it is silent in
operation and makes the car very easy to drive (no need for a
gearbox).
On the EX1 concept car,
two electric motors are used, one on each axle, each with a peak
output of 125 kW (250 kW / 340 bhp in total), and an immediately
available constant maximum torque of 240 Nm at the front and rear.
This mechanical
architecture allows not only the optimisation of weight
distribution, but also four wheel drive. This reflects the
positional benefits of HYbrid4 technology, available as standard on
the 3008 from 2011, featuring an HDi FAP diesel engine at the front
and an electric motor at the rear.
A futuristic and sophisticated
passenger compartment
The driver and passenger
climb into the passenger compartment through a reverse-opening door,
giving access to the two sports bucket seats. This unusual
arrangement instantly immerses the occupants in a futuristic and
sophisticated environment, as does the on-board instrumentation
(instrument panel screens for each occupant showing in particular
the vehicle’s instantaneous performance) and the chosen materials
(e.g. “pure” metals and embossed leather).
The driver, seated at
floor level in a driving position that helps enhances the sense of
excitement (legs outstretched), drives the vehicle with two control
handles, providing an experience similar to that of an aircraft
pilot or video game.
As well as the presence
of harnesses inside the car, the occupants are also protected by the
height of the carbon passenger cell, which has sufficient overhead
clearance to include a roll-over protection bar. Similarly, the wind
deflector, perfectly integrated in terms of style, allows the car to
be driven on a daily basis without a helmet.
An electric dream car
designed to be a record beater
The EX1 concept car
benefits from characteristics that give it a high enough level of
performance not only to leave behind the city centre, the preferred
territory of electric vehicles, but also to challenge acceleration
records.
Its lightness, weight
distribution and aerodynamics, the torque and power of its two
electric motors and its high-output lithium-ion battery are just
some of the characteristics that make this a car capable of
lightning acceleration: the latter can exceed 1 G of
gravitational force.
Indeed the EX1 concept
car has already broken the following international records (approved
by the International Automobile Federation) for an electric-powered
terrestrial vehicle.
This series of records
was established, by Nicolas Vanier, the famous French explorer and
film-maker (“The Last Trapper”, “Wolf”) who drove the EX1 concept
car.
Between now and the end
of the year, China, the world’s largest car market, will be the
setting for the EX1 to pursues other world records.
Watch this space.
Peugeot EX1 breaks 6 records on
the mythical Linas-Montlhéry circuit
In the year when the
Marque celebrates its 200th anniversary, the 100% electric Peugeot
EX1 concept car breaks 3 world acceleration records and achieves
another 3 on the mythical Montlhéry circuit, where the 404 Diesel
demolished several endurance records in 1965. For this performance,
the concept car was driven by the French adventurer and explorer
Nicolas Vanier.
Records broken* on the Montlhéry motor-racing track*
1/8 miles / 8.89 sec / 50.61 mph*
1/4 miles / 14.40 sec / 62.4 mph*
500 m / 16.81 sec / 107 kph*
1/2 miles / 23.85 sec / 75.46 mph*
1000 m / 28.16 sec / 127.8 kph*
1 miles / 41.09 sec / 87.6 mph*
*Sous réserve d'homologation FIA / Subject to FIA homologation
After breaking these records, EX1 will be exhibited at PEUGEOT
AVENUE, 136 avenue des Champs-Elysées, alongside the Peugeot iOn,
for the Electro Mobility event which runs from 22nd September until
14th November 2010.
