Koenigsegg Automotive is pleased to announce that the
factory’s full allocation of Koenigsegg Regeras has now been sold.
The Regera represents a turning point for Koenigsegg. With
80 units to be produced, the Regera program is the largest single vehicle
series in Koenigsegg’s history and the first time that the Swedish artisan
carmaker has offered a two-vehicle lineup. The Regera, a vehicle suited to
grand touring, sits alongside Koenigsegg’s more track-focused road car, the
Agera RS. Together, they offer the pinnacle of high performance motoring for
all seasons.
The Regera is a tour-de-force of technology. It combines
battery technology that is more akin to a race car than a road car, along with
Koenigsegg’s own prodigious twin-turbo V8 engine to produce 1500hp and over
2000Nm of torque.
The electric drive system consists of three electric motors,
one on the crankshaft and one on each of the two rear axles. These electric
motors produce 670hp in total and are powered by a battery pack capable of
enormous rates of both discharge and recharge (117C and 60C respectively), all
while weighing just 66kg with coolant. This power-to-weight ratio – more than
10hp per kilogram of mass – has never been seen in a road-legal electric drive
system prior to the Regera.
This power, along with 1,100hp from the internal combustion
engine, is directed to the rear wheels via the unique and revolutionary
Koenigsegg Direct Drive system (KDD). KDD was developed by Koenigsegg to save
both weight and mechanical losses by removing the vehicle’s transmission. KDD
uses a hydraulic coupling with lock-up capability to gradually feed power from
the internal combustion engine to build on the electric power used to
accelerate from standstill. The end result is seamless acceleration from zero
to over 400 km/h – in as little as 20 seconds.
“The Regera is a new high watermark for Koenigsegg
Automotive” said company founder and CEO, Christian von Koenigsegg. “It has
been our greatest technical challenge and as such, it is also our greatest
technical triumph. That our customers and dealers have seen and appreciated the
work we’ve done on the Regera is a source of great pride for everyone at
Koenigsegg.”
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