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I see a couple of problems here.
Jan 22, 2021,12:13 PM
Cooperation with Lotus ..... remember they started cooperation with Caterham which did not go well?
And the knowledge you’re not sure what you’re driving ... a Lotus or an Alpine ? Or maybe a Lotpine or an Alptus ? With an electric motor .... 😰🥶.
Second ... EV ... means weight weight weight weight weight ..... the current A110 weighs 1080 kilos and has a aluminum chassis and body. Since they have to stick to aluminum and not carbon fibre because of the cost ..... you will have to add the weight of a decent battery .... yup, we’re heading easily to 1400 maybe 1500 kilos.
What was the philosophy of Alpine again ? Right ....... LOW WEIGHT .... .
So ... nope, i don’t buy this whole story. Unless some wizard comes along ... but with the French you never know 😂
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Lotus, Alpine and potentially other brands to share electric platform
By: cazalea : January 21st, 2021-06:10
Lotus could sell other automakers a version of the electric sports-car platform it is developing with Renault\'s Alpine brand. The platform will be used to underpin an electric replacement for the A110 sports coupe in 2025 as part of a wider EV makeover f...
Grey.
By: amanico : January 21st, 2021-10:24
This one: ...
Actually Renault ...
By: bimbeano : January 22nd, 2021-12:06
.... is bringing the R5 (electric) back to life .... so the Alpine hot hatch could well be a widebody R5 ..... so Cpt Scarlet could be right 😛
Well, knowing Renault ...
By: bimbeano : January 22nd, 2021-13:05
... they’re capable of just bringing a paste and copy of the original R5 turbo with the same 1.4 turbo mounted behind the front seats 😂🤪
I see a couple of problems here.
By: bimbeano : January 22nd, 2021-12:13
Cooperation with Lotus ..... remember they started cooperation with Caterham which did not go well? And the knowledge you’re not sure what you’re driving ... a Lotus or an Alpine ? Or maybe a Lotpine or an Alptus ? With an electric motor .... 😰🥶. Second ....
They should make:
By: bimbeano : January 22nd, 2021-13:13
An A110 with a high power lightweight 1.6 3 cilinder, about 300 hp, mated to an electrical motor developping around 200 hp. The battery should be like the one Rimac is using, extreme lightweight for a lot of power ( and 20 times the price of a normal batt...
