Erlangen, Germany – A team of scientists at the Frauenhofer Institute in the southern German city of Erlangen have unveiled a
home-grown sports car which is designed as a platform for testing the automotive components of the future.
The bright red-painted IISB-ONE may not have a catchy name, but it is packed with state-of-the-art equipment developed in conjunction with German carmakers.
The car has twin independent electric hub motors at the rear wheels, each turning out 80kW to provide powerful acceleration.
Power comes from a set of rechargeable 355-volt batteries. These can be plugged into the mains or fast-charged via induction plates in the road.
The car is being tested regularly on roads around Erlangen and nearby Nuremberg.
The IISB-ONE is based on the Artega GT, a defunct boutique mid-engined sports car of which only 130 were ever built. The
electrics replace that sportster’s Volkswagen-derived V6 motor.
The car is named from the German abbreviation for the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology.
DPA