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Founder Horacio Pagani states that electric powertrains are too heavy for supercars and lack driving emotion after announcing his company would cease their research on EVs. This means that the Italian automaker will stick to ICE powered V12 supercars!
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It’s difficult to argue the benefits of electric power in supercars. Instantaneous torque and a low slung centre of gravity make them ideal except for one thing: their weight. Pagani began researching the possibility of producing an electric powered car as early as 2018 but as of last month, Horacio Pagani announced that his company of functional automotive art would cease its efforts at the Milan Monza motor show in Italy.
When speaking with Autocar, he also announced that an electric supercar produced by the company would require a battery weighing in at 600 kg which is simply too heavy, especially when considering some of their lightest models tip the scales at just over a ton. Horacio said this would be a challenge of making an EV portray the same emotion of its ICE counterpart when the batteries weigh it down.
This means that the ICE powered V12 which has been perched in the middle of various Pagani models through the ages will remain and with the new Pagani C10 debuting in September we can expect to see more of the same glorious recipe. The AMG sourced 6,0-litre V12 in the newcomer will reportedly put out 20 kW or 30 kW more than before although no official numbers on the hypercar have been released yet.
With that said, Horacio Pagani further added that he sees the value in continuing the research and development of EV technology since the future might yield a different approach when battery technology can possibly be improved and lightened. Until then, we can look forward to ICE powered V12 supercars from Pagani.
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