New DS E-Tense performance Prototype showcases brand’s future

The DS brand has been part of formula E racing considering that 2015, and this new concept car, the DS E-Tense performance Prototype, is maybe the best passenger automobile manifestation of the brand’s zero emissions racing technology yet. 
The E-Tense performance is an all-electric coupe that makes use of a body made entirely out of carbon fibre and a powertrain lifted from the electric racing series. It consists of a dual electric motor setup, supplying drive to all four wheels. maximum power stands at 804bhp, while the system’s maximum torque output stands at a colossal 8,000Nm.

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No speculative performance figures have been confirmed, but it’s not hard to think of that the concept would achieve similar numbers to a second-generation formula E car, with 0-62mph in around 2.8 seconds. It will be put through its paces by formula E champions Jean Eric Vergne and Antonio Felix da Costa when it becomes a running prototype.
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But it’s not just a showcase for motor technology, the E-Tense performance also reveals future battery and regeneration concepts. A ‘compact’ battery in a carbon-aluminium composite housing is placed in a low position, just past the centre of the car, and it features ‘innovative’  battery chemistry and a new thermal management system.
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The brand says this battery system is a future technology that could trickle into future production cars. All automobiles that DS will launch from 2024 onwards will be fully electric.