Toyota Alessandro Volta
Toyota Alessandro Volta
Toyota furnished to Italdesign-Giugiaro a derivative of its ultimate hybrid system, the one adopted on the Lexus RX 400. On the Volta, the 3.3 liter V6 petrol engine is fitted behind the rear axle and not connected directly to the wheels.
Indeed, motion is ensured by two electrically powered engines, one per axle thereby securing all-wheel drive and enhanced safety. Toyota Alessandro Volta is a styling exercise aimed at exploring new applications of the Hybrid synergy DriveO technology.
Toyota is proud to have collaborated with the prestigious Italdesign-Giugiaro on a concept that further demon states the potential and flexibility of the Hybrid Synergy DriveO technology. With a top speed of 250 km/h, 0-100 km/h acceleration in a scorching 4.03 seconds, and a range of some 700 km, the Toyota Alessandro Volta concept car proves it is possible to offer high performance in a car whose green credentials are unimpeachable. The car is named after Alessandro Volta, the Italian scientist who discovered the battery.
The hybrid power train is mounted in a midship position, as the front wheels are powered by the second electric motor, generating 4-wheel traction without the need for a transmission shaft. Consequently, the vehicle’s flat floor permitted Ital design to house three passengers in a 4.3-metre long coupe which is slightly narrower than 2 meters.
The Volta sets the innovative content of the hybrid drive train in classic super car livery: compact volumes, downward flattened trim, tapered bonnet, minimum rear overhang and truncated tail. The dragon-fly winged doors are upward hinged in the front riser.
In the body side, a sturdy belt band yet again stretches upward to the rear wheel shaft enabling two ?claw-marks? to be grazed as air intakes, whilst fitted in the Grecian motive traced on the horizontal-base traverse allowing glimpses of the carbon fiber chassis, are two thermal engine exhaust pipes.
The body side and the upper tail merge and flow upward towards where the roof and rear window meet: from there is triggered a rather singular truncated tail profile, surmounted by the spoiler embossed motive protecting the optic unit. The tails lower band allocates the engines cooling air outlets.
Exterior styling of the Toyota Volta is quite powerful, the bonnet of the car flows into the windscreen with little change in the angle, this gently curving line continues back until an abrupt end at the rear of the Volta which cuts down sharply. The whole of the car is adorned with plenty of grilles, vents, and louvers.