SymbioZ - 2010
SymbioZ is the second hybrid vehicle and the first 4-driving wheels of EPSA. As a result, it has an all-thermal propulsion mode, an all-electric traction mode and a third hybrid mode 4 by 4. The car was also the first to be equipped with a Peugoet RC Cup bodywork which has been used for the next two vehicles. SymbioZ actually hold the speed record of EPSA with a peak at 141 km/h on the circuit of La Valbonne.
General data sheet
Name: SymbioZ
Code name: TIZY'2010
Year of making: 2010
Type: Two-seater car
Motorisation: Parallel hybrid (thermical (fuel) - electric)
Architecture de l'hybridation: FERT (Front Electrical Rear Thermical) with an electric engine
Overall width: 1800 mm
Overall length: 4300 mm
Height: 1100 mm

Logo of the vehicle SymbioZ

Super-capacitors and high power electric cables
Motorisation and energy storage
4 driving wheels (front wheels : electric engine, rear wheels : thermical engine)
Thermical motorisation: Citroën C1/Peugeot 107 engine (68 hp fuel)
Electric motorisation : 2 Lynch LEM200-D127 engines (direct current engine - 2 x 17 hp) with an engine per front wheel
Front driveshaft : rollers with tooth belts
Electric energy storage : 3 super-capacitors Maxwell (total electric energy on board : 570 kJ)