Alpine Introduces the FUTURE of Sports Cars with an Electric A110

3 Jul

Alpine has been around for 71 years creating sports cars and fast versions of Renault’s, yet it also has its eye on the future as it sets to create a legendary electric sports car.

On show at Goodwood Festival of Speed will be their mule; an electric Alpine A110 FUTURE. Alpine says it’s “named to reflect its role in shaping the third generation of the iconic Alpine A110 sportscar, Alpine A110 FUTURE will be the centrepiece of the brand’s strongest-ever presence at the world-famous event”.

The Alpine A110 FUTURE mule has been developed to test the technology that will power the third-generation A110, with Alpine claiming that it will be “the world's first true EV sportscar”.

What underpins the FUTURE is an all-new Alpine Performance Platform, that claims to have been designed to capture Alpine's true DNA, but promises that it will outperform the today's combustion sports cars.

The engineering team has taken a first principles approach to every technical detail to create a genuinely great electric sportscar, which Alpine says is without compromise.

Built on aluminium architecture, it ensures weight is kept low which helps with dynamic handling and sharp responses that make Alpines great to drive.
Leaving no stone unturned, Alpine has looked at how the batteries are integrated because it wants to create the same dynamics found in their combustion sports cars, so there will be two battery packs placed in a 40/60 front-rear balance, just like true sports car should be ensuring some levels of joyful oversteer.

It also uses 800V cell-to-pack technology with high energy density cells that - importantly -reduces weight, but also reduces rapid charging times, too.

The technical bits reflect a new rear dual e-motor 3-in-1 e-axle with SiC inverter to deliver “exceptional torque, performance and ultrafast control”, plus the suspension set-up is made fully from aluminium with an all new, fully integrated, braking and steering system.

At the Festival of Speed Alpine will display its A110 FUTURE which will also venture out on to the track alongside the A290 and the A390 five-seat sport fastback.