The cars created by Christian von Koenigsegg are not renowned for being environmentally friendly. The car unveiled by Koenigsegg today at the Geneva Motor Show is in many ways diametrically opposed to the CCX supercar and its many variants. Rather than burning fuel to produce prodigious quantities of horsepower, the Quant is designed to run silently on electrons. What was revealed on the show floor today is a styling buck of a four-passenger, gull-winged coupe with an electric motor driving each rear wheel. The combined output of the powertrain is expected to be 512 hp and 527 lb-ft of twist.
Koenigsegg has partnered with NLV Solar AG for the energy storage system of this electric coupe. As the name implies, NLV's main line of business is solar panels and those have been incorporated into the hood and roof of the Quant. Talking with Christian von Koenigsegg and Nunzio La Vecchia of NLV, they acknowledged that the solar cells will only provide enough power for accessories such as the radio or ventilation and won't be able to do any significant battery charging.
