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Lamborghini Terzo Millennio
Overview
ManufacturerAutomobili Lamborghini S.p.A
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Model years2018
Body and chassis
ClassConcept car
Body styleHatch-top coupé
LayoutAll-wheel drive layout, one motor per wheel
DoorsCanopy door
Powertrain
Electric motorSimultaneously capturing and releasing supercapacitor

Terzo Millennio (Third Millennium in English)[1][2] is a futuristic concept car unveiled by Lamborghini, developed in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and is also the first product of a three-year, £100,000,000 partnership with each other.[3][4] The concept car was unveiled in November 2017 at the EmTech conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.[4]

Overview

Collaborating with MIT for our R&D department is an exceptional opportunity to do what Lamborghini has always been very good at: rewriting the rules on super sports cars. Now we are presenting an exciting and progressive concept car. We are inspired by embracing what is impossible today to craft the realities of tomorrow: Lamborghini must always create the dreams of the next generation.

— Chairman Stefano Domenicali, EmTech Conference

The Terzo Millennio was developed by Lamborghini's professional engineers and the MIT's professors and students, and was unveiled at the EmTech conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.[1] Lamborghini's CTO, Maurizio Reggiani says that the car is more of a "thinking box" than an actual production car.[5] He also stresses that the car doesn't confirm that the company will not be directly going with electric power.[1]

The Terzo Millennio was also used as a representative for the sports cars of the future.[6]

Vehicle information

Electric motor

The Terzo Millennio uses high-capacity supercapacitors in lieu of batteries, due to their more rapid storage and discharge of energy.[5] These supercapacitors have been made to simultaneously capture and release energy to give the car an increase in high performance, without having the depend on chemical reactions.[1][4] Each wheel, the rims of which glow orange, contains an electric motor, so that the amount of torque can be controlled individually, making the car's stability as good as a modern Formula One car.[7] Because there is a motor on every rim, the car would be all-wheel drive if it were a running model.

Autonomous capabilities

The Terzo Millennio is reported to have an autonomous system, but only for racetrack driving. This system would make the car run a full lap without any mistakes, then teach the driver how to run the lap on their own, using a ghost car, which is based on video game series such as Forza and Gran Turismo.[5]

Design and body

The car still inherits the modern Lamborghini design, with the Y-shaped headlights and taillights, and the triangular front trunk and rear engine bay.[4]

Carbon fiber composite is used entirely for the body panels, containing nano-tubes that can repair itself if the factory-fitted sensors detect any small cracks and dents in the panels.[7] The body of the car is monitored by a health system.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "The Lamborghini Terzo Millennio concept is a lightning strike from the future". The Verge. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  2. ^ "Electric new Lamborghini Terzo Millennio: the future of Lambo, right there". CAR Magazine. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  3. ^ "Lamborghini Terzo Millennio – a look into the future of supercars". evo.co.uk. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d "Lamborghini Unveils a Self-Healing, Electric Supercar". Bloomberg.com. 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  5. ^ a b c d Roadshow (2017-11-09), Five things you need to know about Lamborghini and MIT's Terzo Millennio concept, retrieved 2017-11-10
  6. ^ "The Lamborghini Terzo Millennio is the self-healing super car of your dreams". Thai Tech by Thaivisa.com. 2017-11-10. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  7. ^ a b "Lamborghini dreams up the Terzo Millennio hypercar of the future". Mail Online. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
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