Perimeter Defense
15-12-2007, 18:00
From the McLaren F1, to the Bugatti Veyron, to SSC's Aero, the supercar is prevalent in today's rich-famous-or-just-goddamn-indulgent society. The lifestyles of the elite in this virtual caste-system demand expensive displays of their power and wealth.
And never has there been a better time for supercars. After the Aero, supercars were being designed and churned out every eight months! Performance limitations seemed to disappear off the grid as engineers made better and better cars. The problem, however, began to arise when the standard combustion engine began to encounter exponentially increasing heat output, coupled with ungodly fuel consumption that topped off with Yorkfield Auto Manufacturing Company's Schrieberg supercar - a 540 kph monstrosity whose fuel economy was measured in gallons per mile.
The advent of electric cars solved a set of big problems. Having quiet, cold motors that naturally accelerated fast and came out clean as a whistle, with excellent output on a single charge, the electric supercar was adopted very nicely in nations such as Perimeter Defense, who in particular pioneered the design of the first electric supercar. Sevigny's "Teslawagen" was an amazing success despite it being the first of its kind; it was a 490 kph vehicle capable of 0-100kph in 1.6 seconds. On a single charge at 72V, with ampere-hours in the hundreds, a Teslawagen made 400 miles at half its top speed before reverting to a series of low-end solar motors that were embedded in the drivetrain.
Now, the 2031 de Guzman Hyperia, named after the late Princess Hyperia (who was one of the co-founders of de Guzman Automotive), has risen up to be the challenger that shall again change the face of the supercar tradition.
The Hyperia's power plant is a radial-looking engine, known as the Kardinall-Pearson i24 Hammerfest, comprising 24 electric motors, with a totaled output of 1700 horsepower. For an unloaded Hyperia, the i24 provides the locomotive capacity to bring the supercar to a maximum speed of 720 kilometers per hour. Owing to its absolute supremacy over other vehicles of similar role, the Hyperia has a different acceleration standard unit - it can go from 0-150kph in 1.4 seconds; its 0-150 acceleration rate is therefore faster than the Teslawagen's 0-100.
The Hyperia's curb weight is 1400 kilograms - markedly heavy for a car of its class. Its all-wheel steering system is influenced by computer-controlled microbrakes along the body skirt that give it godly turn rates at even maximum speed. Hundreds of high-range control surfaces across the body, coupled with advanced sensory equipment, represent the first implementation of mass-variable geometry in a car, each segment rising or lowering dynamically in accordance with windage, air resistance effects, and fast blade element analysis performed by the car's computers, the overall surface geometry being updated once every 0.12 seconds. Several fixed templates for geometry also exist as settings in the computer, one of which provides aerodynamic downforce at over 400 kph that would allow the Hyperia to race on an inverted track.
The extremely balanced braking system is a combination of pulsed electromagnets against the wheels (which have several magnetic elements embedded), a normal disc brake on the wheels, and a spoiler-cum-airbrake reminiscent of the Bugatti Veyron's. This spoiler, when deployed at maximum speed, provides the braking force of an average street car's brakes. Tested at 580 kph, a Hyperia will hit zero in nine seconds. The balanced nature of the brakes will also cause the car to remain in a perfectly straight path as it slows down.
Finally, the Hyperia comes with a limited edition Sony Envisia Holographic Display, a Bose-Hoffman 20.2-channel speaker system, all current types of WLAN, and a coffee warmer.
The de Guzman Hyperia is worth $3.4 million. There will be 24-hour customer service available at any time, a lifetime warranty, and eased insurance for countries where the maximum speed of the Hyperia is illegal.
Buy now and showcase your epic riches!
And never has there been a better time for supercars. After the Aero, supercars were being designed and churned out every eight months! Performance limitations seemed to disappear off the grid as engineers made better and better cars. The problem, however, began to arise when the standard combustion engine began to encounter exponentially increasing heat output, coupled with ungodly fuel consumption that topped off with Yorkfield Auto Manufacturing Company's Schrieberg supercar - a 540 kph monstrosity whose fuel economy was measured in gallons per mile.
The advent of electric cars solved a set of big problems. Having quiet, cold motors that naturally accelerated fast and came out clean as a whistle, with excellent output on a single charge, the electric supercar was adopted very nicely in nations such as Perimeter Defense, who in particular pioneered the design of the first electric supercar. Sevigny's "Teslawagen" was an amazing success despite it being the first of its kind; it was a 490 kph vehicle capable of 0-100kph in 1.6 seconds. On a single charge at 72V, with ampere-hours in the hundreds, a Teslawagen made 400 miles at half its top speed before reverting to a series of low-end solar motors that were embedded in the drivetrain.
Now, the 2031 de Guzman Hyperia, named after the late Princess Hyperia (who was one of the co-founders of de Guzman Automotive), has risen up to be the challenger that shall again change the face of the supercar tradition.
The Hyperia's power plant is a radial-looking engine, known as the Kardinall-Pearson i24 Hammerfest, comprising 24 electric motors, with a totaled output of 1700 horsepower. For an unloaded Hyperia, the i24 provides the locomotive capacity to bring the supercar to a maximum speed of 720 kilometers per hour. Owing to its absolute supremacy over other vehicles of similar role, the Hyperia has a different acceleration standard unit - it can go from 0-150kph in 1.4 seconds; its 0-150 acceleration rate is therefore faster than the Teslawagen's 0-100.
The Hyperia's curb weight is 1400 kilograms - markedly heavy for a car of its class. Its all-wheel steering system is influenced by computer-controlled microbrakes along the body skirt that give it godly turn rates at even maximum speed. Hundreds of high-range control surfaces across the body, coupled with advanced sensory equipment, represent the first implementation of mass-variable geometry in a car, each segment rising or lowering dynamically in accordance with windage, air resistance effects, and fast blade element analysis performed by the car's computers, the overall surface geometry being updated once every 0.12 seconds. Several fixed templates for geometry also exist as settings in the computer, one of which provides aerodynamic downforce at over 400 kph that would allow the Hyperia to race on an inverted track.
The extremely balanced braking system is a combination of pulsed electromagnets against the wheels (which have several magnetic elements embedded), a normal disc brake on the wheels, and a spoiler-cum-airbrake reminiscent of the Bugatti Veyron's. This spoiler, when deployed at maximum speed, provides the braking force of an average street car's brakes. Tested at 580 kph, a Hyperia will hit zero in nine seconds. The balanced nature of the brakes will also cause the car to remain in a perfectly straight path as it slows down.
Finally, the Hyperia comes with a limited edition Sony Envisia Holographic Display, a Bose-Hoffman 20.2-channel speaker system, all current types of WLAN, and a coffee warmer.
The de Guzman Hyperia is worth $3.4 million. There will be 24-hour customer service available at any time, a lifetime warranty, and eased insurance for countries where the maximum speed of the Hyperia is illegal.
Buy now and showcase your epic riches!