It is one of the innovations in the heart of the future electric pump of Renault. The R5 Turbo 3RD, expected by 2027, will integrate the engines placed directly on their wheels.
“Strict of 2 doors to 2 seats, Renault 5 Turbo 3rd cache under its enlarged wings of the 20 -inch wheels, each incorporating an electric motor. Between the two there are all energy electronics, while the battery is housed under the floor. This architecture allows you to release a large volume of trunk for the cursed, a unique proposal in such a sports vehicle and reduce the center of gravity.” Renault
540 horsepower with two “motor engines”
In the program: a power of 200 kW per wheel, an accumulated power of 540 horsepower in this propulsion architecture that has four advantages according to Renault, including a “gigantic torque of 4,800 nm”, a figure that can be compared to the 1,450 Nm announced in a Tesla Model S Plaid, one of the most powerful electric sports currently in the market.
Therefore, we can be a bit disappointed with the time announced in the 0 to 100 km/ha “less than 3.5 seconds”, when the most powerful in Tesla promises in just over 2 seconds.
Among the strengths of these “motor engines”, Renault also evokes “an even more immediate power restitution than with a conventional electric motor” (with a small effect on latency time such as turbos on gasoline engines), “a significant space and mass gain in the rear axle” or even “an agility reinforced by the possibility of driving the two separate engines.”
Technological puzzle
The opportunity to see a technology he has been talking about for some time, but had no real applications in cars, but in electric scooters.
If, in the announcement of this model, the doubt remained in Renault’s return in a sports field that now becomes Alpine, Diepe’s mark will accompany his diamond cousin in this project.
“Here accompanied by Alpine and his experience in the development of electrical and exclusive electrical models, Renault resurrects the myth of the R5 Turbo in the form of a real electric sports pump, with its exuberant design, its custom -made platform and its innovative engine of 540 horsepower, highlights the press release.
But, nevertheless, these engines with wheels will be provided by another company:
“The partners have also contributed their experience and knowledge to key elements such as wheat engines and carbon fiber superstructure,” the document said.
“The wheel engines of the future R5 Turbo will be provided by a service provider. But Renault hopes to have a solution of the house after this date,” added an article on Echos.
An article that also returns to the failures of this technology, which also explains the difficulty of seeing it materialize in series cars. The problems mentioned: the risk of braking overheating, the management of unpublished masses, too heavy wheels that can degrade handling.
Source: BFM TV
