tiresandparts.net19LAMBORGHINI TO FOCUS NO LONGER ON LIGHTER CARSCHINESE ELECTRIC CAR CLIMBS GLACIER IN TIBET TO SET WORLD RECORD Lamborghini has confirmed that it will no longer be focusing on making its cars lighter in a bid to boost their performance. Lamborghini will instead be focusing on electrifying its models in order to help them continue to maintain its reputation for making cars that are top performers on the road. Hence, the possibility for a Huracan Superleggera are slim. As the brand’s Chief Technical Officer Maurizio Reggiani said in an interview to CarAdvice, the “Superleggera” badge is “finished”. Lamborghini feels that the engines in its models cannot be tuned any further to boost their performance. For instance, the 5.2-liter V10 engine used in the new Lamborghini Huracan EVO which produces 631 hp has already reached DEFCON 1 and cannot be further enhanced.Electric vehicles reached a new height when an electric car from a Chinese brand reached the highest altitude that an electric car has ever reached. The vehicle managed to attain a height of 18,751 feet to set a Guinness world record.It was a Nio ES8, an all-electric SUV from Chinese car manufacturer, Nio that achieved this feat. The car scaled the Purog Kangri glacier in Tibet. This glacier is considered to be the third largest glacier in the world, and stands at a height of 5,715.28 m.The goal of performing this extraordinary feat was to highlight the reliability of the electric vehicle and the ability of the car’s battery to tolerate extremely low temperatures. The vehicle used as part of the record-making drive was driven by driver Chen Haiyi. The record is particularly relevant in view of the fact that many parts of the United States recently experienced sub-zero temperatures due to polar vortex. Many of the electric vehicles used in this region lost their full battery capacity, causing them to have reduced range.What Lamborghini is going to do instead is focus on maintaining the power instead of increasing the power in view of the new emissions standards that will be enforced in key markets across the globe like Europe and the United States.These new emissions regulations are likely to make it necessary for Lamborghini to reduce the power of its engines, and one way to offset this and to reduce emissions would be to supplement internal combustion engines with electric drivetrains.Generally, electric drivetrains are quite heavy, and the batteries from which they source power are also quite heavy. This is why new models from Lamborghini are unlikely to be lighter in weight. Though they might be lighter, the new models would be just as powerful. As Reggiani explained, the new EVO with its rear-wheel steering and the Lamborghini Dinamica Veicolo Integrata chassis control system is actually faster.In sharp contrast, the Nio ES8’s record climb was made in a temperature of 23 degree Fahrenheit, as certified by the Guinness Book of Records team. Nio made the record attempt on September 24, 2018.As part of the record making attempt, the company also explored the feasibility of setting up charging stations on the way up the glacier, as this would have made trips to Tibet a possibility for electric car owners.
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