POWER TRAIN
in. I start with the customer’s exact requirements - power, torque and range - and this enables me to select components like motors and batteries. In this application we’re looking for an energy-dense cell setup, with the emphasis on range. We’re not chasing out and out performance. With the motors we are not looking to put 500 hp in a series Land Rover that left the factory with 60 hp. We selected a unit with a 160 kW peak, with 500 Newton metres of torque, which together gives us 150 mile range.” Top
speed is limited to 70 miles per hour. Bolt continues, “It’s credit to our design team that the packaging issues can be overcome. It’s a huge challenge to fi t everything in while retaining the original chassis, there is lots of back and forth checking and double checking. Fortunately, the vehicles are 10 paces from the design desks, so we can use an iterative process comparing the real thing with the CAD model until we get it right. But it can have its frustrations.” There are benefi ts of doing this. It
The exterior looks original to the casual observer, but the
powertrain has undergone “a full OE-style development process
Because we are keeping the chassis and components mounts the same, it’s crucial we get the packaging right at this stage.” Bolt, a veteran of the electric drive
systems and vehicle development division at McLaren, was Everrati’s fi rst employee in 2020. He manages all aspects of the electric system. “Once we have everything recorded in SolidWorks, this is when I step
It’s a tight fi t under the bonnet, careful packaging is crucial
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