The Bugatti Chiron successor will not have turbos, but it will have three electric motors augmenting its V-16 engine.
The V-16 will be naturally aspirated and drop the quad-turbo setup from the Chirons' W-16 motorwere powered by quad-turbocharged 8.0-liter W-16 engines, the new V-16 will be naturally aspirated to make it as"emotional" as possible, Rimac said in a recently released video discussing the project. A trio of electric motors will make up for the torque lost by eliminating turbos.One motor will be mounted in the rear of the car, with two in the front, all fed by a 25-kwh battery pack.
"The electric powertrain is actually an enabler for such an emotional engine," Rimac said,"because without it we wouldn't have this performance." Rimac became head of Bugatti under a joint venture that combined the storied automaker with his own company. That left open the possibility that the next Bugatti could simply be a rebodied version of the all-electric Rimac Nevera. Given Rimac's experience with EVs—and lack of experience with combustion engines—that was what some executives in the parent Volkswagen Group would have preferred, Mate Rimac said.
But he thought that would be too easy, and that the Bugatti name demanded something more special, so the company set out to develop this new hybrid powertrain from scratch.
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