powertrain engineering A look behind the scenes of the Coup-e 800 project reveals the comprehensive expertise demonstrated by AVL in the domain of pure electric vehicles. The entire engineering project was carried out within the world-wide AVL group, from system design through to component development and software. The result is a high performance technology demonstrator that shows that it is indeed possible to deliver both sportiness and driving pleasure with e-drives. An Electrifying Premiere > The high performance demonstartor vehicle Coup-e 800, based on a Mercedes C-Class Coupé. 8 F o c u s “Our aim was to develop a powerful, purely electrically propelled vehicle that fully meets the requirements of sporty drivers. Another aspect we focused on was to ensure that there was no adverse impact on the passenger compartment or the rear trunk volume. But at the center of our considerations was obviously a level of performance that could deliver acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h in 6 s and a maximum speed of 180 km/h,” says Anton Angermaier, Head of E-Mobility, describing AVL’s most recent all-electric demonstrator vehicle, the Coup-e 800. Its development was lead-managed by AVL Software and Functions GmbH in Regensburg. The AVL Coup-e 800 is based on a Mercedes C-Class Coupé, which, thanks to its rear wheel drive, offers the ideal platform for the sporty AVL prototype. “The name Coup-e 800 is derived from the fact that in certain operating situations we are capable of achieving a system voltage of almost 800 volt. The electric traction motor additionally enables us to get very close to the peak torque of 800 Nm,” Angermaier explains, adding, “The drive segment in which our demonstrator vehicle is positioned can be referred to as the six-cylinder segment of electric mobility.”
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