The first hybrid makes a great entrance
The Revuelto: A High-Performance, High-Speed, Low-Energy Thermostat for Lamborghini
The Revuelto “defines a new paradigm” for Lamborghini, in addition to charting a “near future” course for high-performance brands. Or as the company’s CEO Stephan Winkelmann puts it, “Revuelto was born to break the mold.”
The Italian automaker outlined its electrification plans in 2021, which will last over the next decade. The company said it would roll out gas-electric hybrid versions of its whole lineup by the end of 2024. After that, there will be an all electric model by the end of the decade.
The electric motors on the front are oil-cooled. Mohr and his team chose these because they’re more compact than radial flux ones and have a higher power and torque density. Each motor weighs more than 20 kilowatts and produces more than 105 kilowatts. Although the Revuelto can be driven silently, the tech in the car is primarily used to enhance the car’s performance and high-speed dynamics. The Revuelto has a total power output of 1,001 bhp and is powered by 3 e-motors. The top speed is 217 mph. There isn’t any information yet about emissions or fuel consumption.
And of course, the Revuelto is absolutely riddled with air intake ducts, ensuring an optimal airflow for the combustion engine. The resulting power level is 126 hp per liter, which the company describes as its “highest output in the history of Lamborghini’s 12-cylinder engines.” The maximum Torque is 725Newton-meters at 6,750rpm.
Design-wise, Lamborghini took inspiration from the world of aerospace: “sculpted surfaces encompassed by two lines that start from the front and embrace the cabin and engine, tapering down to the hexagonal-shaped exhausts.”
And because this is The Verge, let’s talk tech. The infotainment includes a 12.3-inch digital cockpit, an 8.4-inch center display, and a 9.1-inch display on the passenger side. The Revuelto will also be the first Lamborghini to implement a full advanced driver-assist system, powered by cameras, radar, and other sensors. This includes active lane departure warnings, adaptive cruise control, lane change warnings, and rear cross-traffic alerts.
Using the Unica mobile app, car owners can check out their car’s status, including the electric range, battery charge and fuel level. Some functions of the Unica app are compatible with the Apple watch, such as locking andunlocking doors, sounding the horn, andactivating the car’s lights.
Revuelto: A Hybrid Plug-in Hypercar and an Autonomous Sport Car Embedded in an All-new Dual-Clock Transmission
It will break your bank account and cost about $500,000, according to the man.
With the Aventador set to become the plug-in hybrid Revuelto, the remaining models we have yet to see are the hybrid versions of the Huracán and Urus, which we’re likely to get later this year in August and October.
The company is on a path covered by four things, claims the CEO. That is quite the high-speed lane change for the manufacturer that has provided so much visual fuel for car-obsessed teenagers over the past 60 years.
It should be. The Revuelto is a plug-in hybrid, but it reuses the technology in the same way as this Italian sports car maker, which has an annual turnover of 2 billion. The Revuelto is, in fact, an HPEV, forHigh Performance Electric Vehicle, which is a semantic sleight of hand designed to distance it from the hybrid norm. The performance increased 30 percent while emissions were reduced by the same amount. The hybrid has been dedicated to expanding the car’s dynamic bandwidth as much as it has been tidying up its emissions or re-framing a V-12 hypercar in a more socially acceptable way.
At its heart sits a naturally aspirated 6.5-liter V-12 aided by three electric motors, two of which are mounted on the front axle, the third integrated into the all-new eight-speed dual-clutch transmission. The e-motor on the ’box also acts as the starter motor and a generator. The ICE now has a 814 brake horsepower output at 9,250 rpm, thanks to various revisions that made the engine bay 180 degrees cooler, which made it easier to fit the e-motor and gearbox.
The central tunnel has a 3.8kWh battery pack, which comes with 108 water-cooled pouch cells. The battery pack is small and the car can’t be fully charged in 30 minutes on a power supply, but it can be refilled under regenerative braking. The old-guard motoring world may not yet be ready for the sight of a Lamborghini hypercar attached to an electric umbilical cord, while EV evangelists may well feel this is too timid a conversion.
The Revuelto is a car with all-wheel drive and torque vectoring, plus a rear axle (SPORT)
Corsa mode serves up the full 1,000-plus bhp, the e-axle primed for maximum torque vectoring and all-wheel drive. There’s an active rear axle, too. The Revuelto promises to be more agile as the tempo increases and a good deal friendlier than its predecessors on the limit. The new car in Sport mode will allow the more competent driver to slide in deliriously while the stability control is not on.
