Tecnalia unveils totally electric car

The Tecnalia Technological Corporation presented its experimental vehicle — ‘Dynacar’ — at the International Eco Friendly Vehicle & Sustainable Mobility Show in Madrid, held between 20 and 23 May.

Although it is a totally electric vehicle, Dynacar takes on board the possibility of integrating range extension concepts. Such a concept allows a battery or small internal combustion engine to supply energy to the car battery in a supplementary mode.

The car is a two-seater and has a complete instrument panel to validate systems relative to longitudinal and lateral dynamics. It uses a single-shell, high-rigidity lightweight chassis of steel and aluminium alloy, with an adjustable deformable parallelogram suspension system for the four wheels.

The vehicle has a peak power of 100kW provided by a permanent magnet synchronous electric motor, a total weight of 700kg and an energy storage capacity of 15kWh.

It is estimated that acceleration from 0 to 62mph is less than 5.7 seconds. The peak speed is approximately 87mph, reaching this figure in 10 seconds.