Jaguars leccy car

[Upatdawn]

is it gonna have a gas turbine genny or not now?

[toys]

Are you thinking of the C-X75?

That project was canned in late 2012 unfortunately (the gas turbine idea had been dropped before that anyway)

[anonymous-user]

indeed, CX-75 got canned before JLR had to admit it didn't work, and even before that the silly turbine generators were dropped for a conventional reciprocating ICE.

However, they have a LOT of products in the pipeline that will sit in their mainstream product portfolio that will have some form of electrical assistance ;-)

[AmitG]

Does anyone know what specific technical problems Jaguar had with the turbine/electric stuff that made them can it? I'm curious.

It would have been really cool

[AER]

AmitG said:

Does anyone know what specific technical problems Jaguar had with the turbine/electric stuff that made them can it? I'm curious.

It would have been really cool

What, apart from the fact that a turbine drinks like a fish...?

[AmitG]

AER said:

AmitG said:

Does anyone know what specific technical problems Jaguar had with the turbine/electric stuff that made them can it? I'm curious.

It would have been really cool

What, apart from the fact that a turbine drinks like a fish...?

Ah I see - fuel economy

It's odd because surely they would have known this before they even started designing it let alone started taking expressions of interest off a concept car. And I thought that CX-75 was more about performance than fuel economy.

[anonymous-user]

AER said:

AmitG said:

Does anyone know what specific technical problems Jaguar had with the turbine/electric stuff that made them can it? I'm curious.

It would have been really cool

What, apart from the fact that a turbine drinks like a fish...?

And the fact that "High speed" electric motors (or generators in this case) are frighteningly expensive, or the fact that there is no current automotive "rated" technical solution for a)intake/exhaust silencing b) Exhaust emissions c)NVH control d)system durability.


The single benefit (the high specific power) of a turbine is not much of an advantage in a production car (even a very low volume one) and certainly not when it also comes with a hundred Million or so bill to make it production feasible!

[AmitG]

Max_Torque said:

And the fact that "High speed" electric motors (or generators in this case) are frighteningly expensive, or the fact that there is no current automotive "rated" technical solution for a)intake/exhaust silencing b) Exhaust emissions c)NVH control d)system durability.


The single benefit (the high specific power) of a turbine is not much of an advantage in a production car (even a very low volume one) and certainly not when it also comes with a hundred Million or so bill to make it production feasible!

I see. That nails it for me. Thanks