Super luxury sports car manufacturer McLaren Motors has introduced a new, flexible and lightweight car structure to provide support for its next-generation electric super sports car.
McLaren launches new and innovative lightweight car structure
The new structure is specially designed to adapt to the new hybrid power system. It is completely designed, developed and produced by McLaren's most advanced McLaren Composites Technology Center, located in Sheffield, England, worth ￡50 million.
This new flexible car structure uses the world's leading innovative technology and technology to eliminate excess weight, reduce the overall weight of the car, and further improve safety.
As the supercar company enters its second decade of production car production, this will provide support for its next-generation McLaren hybrid model.
The first new McLaren hybrid supercar based on a new structure will be launched in 2021.
Mike Flewitt, CEO of McLaren Motors, said: "This new breakthrough vehicle structure is like the MonoCell chassis that was introduced with the first car 12C when we first started manufacturing mass production cars 10 years ago. Revolutionary, this new ultra-light carbon fiber chassis has a more complete structure and a higher level of quality than ever before. With our new McLaren Composites Technology Center quickly becoming a recognized composite technology and manufacturing The global center of excellence, our advanced expertise in lightweight composite technology and manufacturing, combined with our experience in cutting-edge battery technology and high-performance hybrid propulsion systems, means that we are in a favorable position to be able to Deliver to customers an electrified high-performance electric vehicle that has not been possible so far."
Flewitt said that this new structure will transform McLaren into a 100% electric super sports car. He said: "For us, lightweighting and electrification go hand in hand, which can bring higher performance and efficiency to cars."