Lancia Looks To The Future With Its All-Electric Concept Car – SlashGear

The concept’s features are more creative than its name, as it has been titled the Pu+Ra HPE. If you find that name confusing, don’t worry. It all makes sense when you break it down. The “Pu+Ra” part is a reference to Lancia’s “pure and radical” design philosophy. HPE is a bit more straightforward, as it simply stands for “High Performance Electric.” The vehicles based on the concept have some ambitious stats, although they are designed around some basic standards. The 700 kilometer (435 mile) range isn’t too much of a stretch, as it is slightly more than anything Tesla currently offers but less than both the Lucid Air and the extended-range version of Dodge’s upcoming Ram 1500 REV.

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However, one vague note from the press release states that the target for charging time is “just over 10 minutes.” As things stand, many manufacturers can put a tremendous amount of range into their cars’ batteries in around that amount of time, and DC fast charging is a game changer when it comes to charging times. Still, other cars on the market can only add between 100 and 200 miles of range with a 10-minute charge, meaning a full charge in that time would be industry-leading. Power consumption is also ambitious, with a target of below 10 kWh per 100 km. 

While these are very lofty targets, Lancia did state that the plan applies over the next ten years. Given the rate at which EVs are advancing, they might actually have a decent chance of pulling this off.