Audi
R-Zero
The
Audi R- Zero concept is the work of a transport designer and two digital
designers from the International Design School, France.
Franck
Levivier, Rémi Marchand and Pierre-Olivier Wagner's collaboration centered
around a desire to create a concept supercar for a time when the world could no
longer rely on oil for a source of power.
Essential
to the R-Zero's design was a belief that despite the cars environmentally
friendly credentials it should have the ability to excite.
A
projected 1091 horsepower comes from four individual in-wheel electric motors
powered by a row of batteries positioned just forward of the rear axle.
One
of the advantages of the electric drivetrain layout is that it has allowed the
R-Zero's designers to capitalise on the cooling airflow provided by the front
grille. Running the length of the Audi R-Zero is a hollow backbone frame which
channels airflow in though the front grille, distributes cooling air to various
temperature sensitive components - like the brakes, and then expels the air out
the central rear grille.
Despite
its gorgeous lines and innovative engineering, the Audi R-Zero is only a
concept. There are no plans to build a working one-off. Let alone put the
vehicle into production.
