Published in:
01-11-2021 | Special
Functionally Integrated Rear Section in Lightweight Design for Electric Sports Cars
Authors:
Philipp Kellner, Dominik Klaiber, Matthias Biegerl, Thomas Götz
Published in:
ATZ worldwide
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Issue 11/2021
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Excerpt
Batteries in electric passenger cars are often housed in the underbody. This makes it more difficult to achieve a low seating position for the driver in sports cars. Porsche, ElringKlinger and Fraunhofer IPA have therefore generated a highly integrated and weight-reduced concept for the rear section of the car, in which the battery system is placed in front of the rear axle. The concept in the HighKo research project has no separate battery box and uses the battery module housings for the crash load paths. …