Continental DC - Bentley Electric Car - Greenpower Winner

Bentley Motors recently developed a full-carbide fiber electric vehicles - Continental DC and won the “Greenpower Corporate” Challenge.

Continental DC using a 24-volt motor driver, the output power of Motor only 0.37 kilowatts, Torque 7 Nm, but such a power is sufficient to allow it to achieve the speed of 64 km per hour.

Carbonation and the entire fiber structure, including from the 16-inch wheels to a skeleton of the body, can be very good to ensure that the Electric Car weighs just 120 kg. Bentley signs affixed to the Chrome grille and the senior Italian leather decoration prove that the car’s origin.

With a positively gorgeous carbon fiber composite body riding on a four-wheel single-wishbone fixed suspension and 1 x 16-inch Michelin low-rolling-resistance tires, the Continental DC (as in Direct Current) moves under the power of a 24-volt electric motor (from a motorized wheelchair, in fact) producing 0.5 horsepower and 5.1 pound-feet of torque and juiced by a pair of 12-volt batteries.

Do not think that this is a new model by Bentley Motors research and development, in fact the model of the design and mechanical structure only by ten young apprentices at Bentley completed, the group has indicated that they will participate in another race in October this year held in Goodwood, then we will wait and see their excellent work.

From here, the littlest Bentley and the Greenpower Team is set to compete in the upcoming Formula 24+ season, which consists of eight 90-minute endurance races, the last one at Goodwood. The series is sort of an IROC for EVs, requiring all competing cars to use identical 24-volt electric motors powered by two 12-volt batteries. Racers must be between the ages of 16 and 24.

Please visit bentleygreenpower.com for more info about the team and its car.

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