Lamborghini collaborates with MIT to develop Terzo Millennio electric super car

Automobili Lamborghini, in collaboration with two laboratories of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), marks the first steps of a possible future Lamborghini electric super sports car with the Terzo Millennio. The concept physically imagines design and technology theories of tomorrow, while sustaining the visual intrigue, breathtaking performance and, most importantly, the visceral emotion found in every dimension of a Lamborghini. It is made for future super sports car enthusiasts.

The technological goal of the project is to enable Lamborghini to address the future of the super sports car in five different dimensions - energy storage systems, innovative materials, propulsion system, visionary design, and emotion.

The strategy of creating super sports cars with uncompromising performance generates Lamborghini's motivation to revolutionise the approach to energy storage, moving away from conventional batteries and investigating the potential of supercapacitors to equip the Terzo Millennio.

To support this revolution in energy storage systems, materials and their functions have to change, too. Lamborghini aims to further develop its leadership in the design and production of carbon fibre structures and parts, enhancing its ability to develop features and functions that take lightweight materials to the next level.

The energy storage system goes hand-in hand with performance. Each wheel incorporates an integrated electric engine, perpetuating the commitment to four-wheel drive and in the meantime harvesting the opportunities provided by electric motors - high torque, reversibility, and the possibility of moving energy by wire. The Terzo Millennio therefore also embodies the first steps for Lamborghini to go in the direction of creating a 'Lamborghini Electric'.

The Terzo Millennio is the visionary outcome conceived by the Lamborghini Centro Stile to express future design elements, taking into account the radical changes in technology and anticipating elements of forthcoming Lamborghini design. An example for a strong statement is the evolution and further development of the Lamborghini typical Y-signature in the front and rear lights.

Fundamental to a Lamborghini hypercar of the future is sustaining the emotion of driving a Lamborghini, and an immersive driver experience. The responsiveness of the electric motors, the four-wheel torque control and the dynamic body control system will enhance the driver's experience, projecting it into the third millennium. Finally, the consequent aerodynamics and innovative lightweight approach will result in a new dimension of longitudinal, as well as lateral dynamics, in this combination until today unknown from electrified cars.