Koenigsegg Regera

snips86x · 4 Mar 2015 at 15:33

Havana_UK said:
It's not really 1800bhp though, because of the way the power peaks are spread out. Christian said it's more like 1500bhp at its peak.

Still totally mental mind you.

haha - at least we know about it though - *points at nVidia

dacads · 4 Mar 2015 at 15:34

Then there's an Aston Martin Vulcan with a 7.0 litre V12.

Nothing new apart from that then, McClaren have decided to release a car that looks the same as their others (again)

GAM8LE · 4 Mar 2015 at 15:46

it looks awesome and sounds like an absolute monster.

Question - for normal driving how will it work with 1 gear? Im confused :S

acemastr · 4 Mar 2015 at 16:04

It must be variable in some way so the revs aren't directly related to road speed, it must be similar to a CVT in some way.

I do love how Koenigsegg are so out there and different, they really do come up with some great stuff. I'm still waiting for their pneumatic valves though, that will truly revolutionize ICE

Havana_UK · 4 Mar 2015 at 16:05

C35799Gamble said:
it looks awesome and sounds like an absolute monster.

Question - for normal driving how will it work with 1 gear? Im confused :S

It just revs really high. The engine is connected directly to the final drive, there's no transmission in the car at all.

Normally this would be a problem with a combustion engine because of the difficulty of getting a car moving with a relatively high gear ratio and lack of torque / power low down the rev range, but this is counteracted by the presence of the massively torquey electric motors.

MooMoo444 · 4 Mar 2015 at 16:32

Least you wouldn't have to budget for gearbox failures..

Conscript · 4 Mar 2015 at 16:41

C35799Gamble said:
it looks awesome and sounds like an absolute monster.

Question - for normal driving how will it work with 1 gear? Im confused :S

Good explanation here:
http://jalopnik.com/how-the-1-500-hp-koenigsegg-regera-hits-248-mph-without-1689181377

Jonnycoupe · 4 Mar 2015 at 16:43

C35799Gamble said:
it looks awesome and sounds like an absolute monster.

Question - for normal driving how will it work with 1 gear? Im confused :S

Electric motors. You can run the coupling open and run the engine to drive the other motors if the battery is low aswell. The space and weight of the batteries is halfway cancelled by removing the gearbox aswell. CvK says the mass increase of the EV system is 88kg over a regular 7 speed dual clutch layout.

Simon · 4 Mar 2015 at 17:05

He owns a Tesla and loves the instant torque and seemless acceleration so wanted that aspect of electric cars but with a huge 1100hp on top.

The car peak power is 1500hp. Peak engine power and peak electric power are at different places.

robbiemc · 4 Mar 2015 at 17:11

So is this a concept? It just says that '80 will be built' but no mention if it has entered testing etc.

It seems like a massive jump for such a small volume manufacturer, but they don't seem to make promises they can't keep.

Re driving in one gear - on my Ampera it's really fantastic, smooth torque delivery with no gear interruptions really do add to the smoothness that an electric power-train can deliver.

robj20 · 4 Mar 2015 at 17:25

Got to love people like this really pushing the ideas in time it will all filter down and get refined.

GAM8LE · 4 Mar 2015 at 19:08

Conscript said:
Good explanation here:
http://jalopnik.com/how-the-1-500-hp-koenigsegg-regera-hits-248-mph-without-1689181377

That makes sense now.

Will be interesting to see videos of this thing in action. Amazing

antijoke · 4 Mar 2015 at 20:51

It's going to be epic seeing it in action

Mirage · 4 Mar 2015 at 21:37

It's my dream to experience 0-250 in one of these. I just simply can not imagine what that would be like. It's simply insane.

Angilion · 5 Mar 2015 at 03:01

Uncle_Gravy said:
That's mind boggling, 0-250mph in under 20 seconds.....That's nuts.

And that's including the limited traction! You could probably take a few seconds off if you had more traction.

Apparently they're £1.8 million each to buy. But it's a hybrid, so you could recoup the cost if you drove into central London every day for 430 years

kennethsross · 10 Mar 2015 at 11:56

On the subject of electric cars, I was behind a black Tesla Model S P85D yesterday morning, heading onto the Kingston Bridge (M8) in Glasgow. Now that's not something you see in Glasgow very often!

Westyfield2 · 10 Mar 2015 at 12:25

Dual Motor

kennethsross said:
On the subject of electric cars, I was behind a black Tesla Model S P85D yesterday morning, heading onto the Kingston Bridge (M8) in Glasgow. Now that's not something you see in Glasgow very often!

Definitely the D? Didn't know these had hit the UK yet!

acemastr · 10 Mar 2015 at 12:30

kennethsross said:
On the subject of electric cars, I was behind a black Tesla Model S P85D yesterday morning, heading onto the Kingston Bridge (M8) in Glasgow. Now that's not something you see in Glasgow very often!

Keep up with that if you can, it's literally insane how quick that car is, one of 2 supercars I've ridden in

kennethsross · 10 Mar 2015 at 12:36

Westyfield2 said:
Definitely the D? Didn't know these had hit the UK yet!

I snapped an image of it on my phone - I've only ever seen these in California - the right-hand boot badge definitely has 4 characters (not very clear) - so I was assuming P85D?

Lashout_UK · 10 Mar 2015 at 12:44

kennethsross said:
I snapped an image of it on my phone - I've only ever seen these in California - the right-hand boot badge definitely has 4 characters (not very clear) - so I was assuming P85D?

Could have been an older P85+. Fair few of those around. Only just done mainland European launch for P85D, was near Lapland. Not sure if there are any in the UK yet but don't think there are.