248 MPH Without A Gearbox: Direct Drive -- /INSIDE KOENIGSEGG
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- Опубліковано 15 лис 2016
- On this episode, it's a drivetrain nerd's paradise. Christian Von Koenigsegg talks us through the Direct Drive, gas-electric hybrid system that makes traditional gearing obsolete on the 1,500-hp Koenigsegg Regera.
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What a man, he even decided to go hairless because it both saves weight and creates less aerodynamic drag to do so.
Usain bolt took advice from him
mugensamurai laughed so Hardly, thank you very much
that's so cool , like F&F8
IIRC Christian has an immune disease called Alopecia universalis where you have a total loss of body hair.
coenijin, thought i was the only one who noticed that. good eye sir.
Bugatti : we can't tell you our engineering secretes...
CVK : here are the components and detailed explanation....
That is called a humble genius with the best car from 0 to 400 Km/h
Because it is already patented..
@@adrianmoetoe bugatti also have it patented.... but you can ever so slightly change a concept.
@@adrianmoetoe thats a difference between grind vs actual vision, genious, experience, family and dedication. Even with telling you how the technology works nobody could really produce what koenigsegg does, it would just be a copy with corners cut. There is a reason why these cars cost what they cost. Its just a vessel for the soul, dedication and brilliance. And yes its pattented, just like the right for deciding on behalf of your children till they are adults ;) When u give your whole life and being to work on something extraordinary u get to decide what to do with it till some point in time.
edit. and Christian only did best, brilliant, full of care, love and passion investment, u cant blame a parent for giving it all to their children.
Bugatti is so amazing, but koenigsegg is much more so being a mostly independent company and all, mainly just brains but Bugatti just has the money to work with really.
I have been building Performance type automatics for over 42+ years. The idea here is not really new. The original Buick Dynaflow (early 1950's) and the buick variable pitch torque converters (1965 -1967) had this idea in mind, making the torque converter do pretty much everything. However, he has taken it much further. With the electric motor producing instant torque. Lent to his ideas, that a torque converter when designed "correctly" could do exactly what he wanted. I am very impressed...
Imagine waking up every morning to go work at Koenigsegg and help push the boundaries of the automotive world and this cool genius man is your boss
I would have face cramps pretty soon from grinning stupidly all day.
I'm so happy he turned his brain towards the automotive industry instead of becoming a super villain
This speedometer has a "laser" on it. I will release it to you for... One meeellion dollars!
I never knew he was an actual egg until I saw this.
batman vs Christian
"we are number one"
haha
"They didn't understand our needs, so we created ourselves." That's how is done.
eimantas28 hell yeah! If you want something done right...
Words only a FUCKING BOSS would say.
"they" where probably to expensive. Just think about it, someone needs a torque converter, that takes probably hundreds of hours to design and x-days to cut it out with a mill. That wouldn't be a problem if Koenigsegg ordered 200 converters, but they sell at best 10 cars a year. So, no supplier could be found with anyway near a payable price.
+onethirdofGilgamesh i dont think price was a very big issue, and he already had it designed, not to mention that the amount of cars he sells doesn't raise the price, unless he isn't paying upfront
that's why they 3d print their turbo housing w/ integrated valves to control where the air goes in the compressor housing. it's bananas
This man knows his stuff. A true innovator. Also the machining on that is absolutely amazing. I'm a precision engineer myself and that is just sublime
Each vane has precise ridges & grooves to catch maximum force from hydraulic fluid.
Also, welding thin & curved aluminum in tight spaces is very tough.
@@JoeSexPack Nobody asked for an explanation. We get it.
Well put.
I don't get half the theory behind it, but I appreciate a well made machine when I see one.
It nice to see all this money actually going somewhere.
“For half my life I’ve been on a quest to be a leader in the hypercar industry...” yeah, same.
i died. thank you
0-60 in 4 seconds while in 7th gear... Let that sink in
And that's only at half power.
Just with the rear electric motors, without the combustion engine
freedomlifemake 25 or with just the combustion engine and no motors....
The "7th" gear is a bit misleading though. He's implying it's the same as they would have in a geared vehicle where its top gear is effectively a "pass through", however other gearboxes might do that for 5th or 6th, and have a higher or overdrive gear still. And he doesn't state the gearing reduction on the final drive differential - however impressive, all the same!
aw loser
Finally a owner, designer, worker, and he actually knows how all the parts work instead of a lazy CEO that pretends to know how the cars are built and he cares and not just about the huge paycheck unlike GM ......his car works. Koenigsegg went from nothing to something faster than his cars:) that man is brilliant!
Burning, many great ideas already are in some vault at the Patent office, bought up from some rich guy who wanted to stagnate progress in favor of their crap.
Every automakers makes a car faster than their own car tho
Yeah, I can really see why these cars retails of over a million dollars.
I feel like you’re referring to Elon Musk when you mention the CEO.
Not all engineers know how to run a business dipshit
My wife asked "what kind of cake is he making with that?"
Ei vitussa
Tell her .. regera 🤑
tell her
it's the fastest 0-400-0 cake on the world babe
Hhhhh
@@nikkefilppula8166 suomi mainitti
"We can spin the wheels at 160-170 mph"........that is insane
You forgot the kicker.....
In the dry....
@@ryancox3834 ...and with wheels wider than my monitor
@@martindonoval2162 with wheels wider than my fucking car
My Honda Civic can too... Cause the only way it's hittin' that speed is off the back of a cargo plane or off a very steep cliff... either way it'll spin them wheels as it falls
"It's rather simple" Yeah because you're a literal genius.
Lol that is what I was thinking.
him and Elon Musk would have a field day together
TRUE!!
toobadsosad83 compared to who? Tesla takes in less subsidy dollars than the other American manufacturers on top of actually paying off their loans.
To a rock a chicken is a genius. Stop beings a rock, be a chicken.
me, every weekend when i'm bored: "Can you please tell me how the Torque Converter works again Mr. Koenigsegg?"
eerereps the way you wrote that gives me the impression that its sexual
krismoe31, I'd fuck with a smart, rich guy any day.
Hahahaha!!!
🤣🤣🤣 so true
@@krismoe31 hey.... My name is krish and my profile pic is Koenigsegg!!! Woah
I wish this man made a car that mortals could afford, the man is a genius.
I know this technology will trickle down eventually but I hope I live long enough to see it happen.
If it wasn't for the greed of the big three on both continents and the greedy government, these cars would be obtainable by the masses. Government corruption and taxing drives prices way above actual value.
@@danc1197 I dunno about that. The parts they use, the machinery, raw materials, education needed and labour to produce these cars is what drives their price so high
A car in mass production is allways worst quality and bad compared to these cars that get more attention
I ask my Grandma years ago. Of all the technology that you seen developed in your life what is the most amazing to you? She did not hesitate and said " the atomatic transmission". I asked her why would it be that? She said it was the first device that did something for you automactically. You did not have to shift gears manually. She said when a member of her community got the first car with automactic transmission everyone wanted to see it.
yes, my mama said the same about auto transmission
I don't think people truly understand the significance of the auto transmission. It gets a lot of hate. But it quite literally changed the world.
Your Grandma lied. It was the vibrator.
@@cockpiss9260 Just because your Grandma did, doesn't mean others did. Even though you had first-hand experience.
UK drivers would disagree with you.
Nobody buys automatic cars here, almost 90% of the cars in the UK are manual.
He'd be a blast at parties...."Let me tell you about my flywheels"
"Let me show you my crankshaft"
"Here, feel the power of my drive shaft!"
Nicholas Duckney i just wana rub his shiney head
I bet if he hosted a party he would have drinks that got you wasted faster that you ever thought possible, developed in house, because he went to the local distilleries and although they had been fermenting alcoholic beverages for hundreds of years they couldn't wrap their heads around what he was asking for.
NarfBLAST you just made my year
Hats Off to CVK for being the friendliest,the Greatest & No.1 manufacturer of sports car
muan tombing hypercars 😉
He seems like a really cool guy.
muan tombing Yes he's like a good professor.
most definitely. that guy and his team are beyond EVERY car manufacture.
+Mr Dilrd He's the GoDs of Supercar, Hyper Car
Its fair to say impressive doesnt even begin to describe how successful he is... hes only been in the car industry for what?, 20 years around and his hyper and supercars alike are essentially like none other... again to believe christian von koenigsegg began his company in his 20s... uhm... i think we have the steven hawking of Car manufacturers here
SutaCar 12 and to think he’s only 40!
Stephen hawking would slap you if he came back to life
@@powershot9933 not with his paralyzed body lmaoooo
@@static7985😂😂
simplified exlanation...works just like a lock up tc, except it has 2 stators, one has a low low stall speed, the second is a medium stall.
1a. the first or low low stator (like a 200 hp truck) has a lot of gear reduction so it can start moving at around 1500rpm.
1b. the first stator can be turned slowly to engage and (this is what he means by doubling the torque) effectively works like a first gear with 2:1 gear ratio ( so if the motor/engine makes 1000 lb/ft of trq at 1500 rpm, then it multiplies by 2 and gives 2000 lb/ft of torque to the wheels)
2. the second stator only works when the car is in motion, at this speed the second stator begins gear reduction but at a lower value like 1.5:1 (like a drag car launching at 5000 rpm, but launching when already in motion [almost like going from half throttle to full throttle while in gear])
3. all the gear reduction happens smoothly w/o gear shifts through fluid or hydraulic movement
4a. the lock up mechanism cancels all the functionality of gear reduction essentially canceling out all the cool tech he speaks of and works like a normal car clutch. (essentially a 1:1 or engine shaft attached directly to axle shaft)
4b. At higher speeds the lock up ( or brake as he says in vid) kicks in, its like being in 4th gear with a final drive attached to a tall highway gear
5. the car moves along with 1400+ hp
in english...think about it this way: take 2 torque flite 727 torque converters and put all the components in a high tech custom shell. the first torque converter is from a truck and has a low stall (or take off) speed. starts off easy at 1500 rpm. the second is from a drag car, this one wont kick in until its at 5000 rpm, this adds oomph at speed. once all the power multiplication of truck and drag car torque converters has been used up the lock up kicks in and works like a straight shaft directly connecting motor to wheel, therefore bypassing the whole system with a basic clutch. then your going fast as a motherfucker. its basically a fluid transmission with turbines instead of gears.
if you get your fanboy head out of your ass and stop saying "OMG KOENIGSEGG, I LOVE HIS BALDNESS!!!!" and listen to what he's saying you'll understand its very simple yet well thought out design. he builds off already existing principles to and design something very cool and unique.
Simplfied V.2: ... Here hold my beer!
ʇɥƃᴉɹlɐ ʇou ɯᴉ but there is no multiplication anywhere in this set up
@@covid-20lit41 the multiplication happens before the lock up in two stages.
Get your head out your ass
So it's like a turbo jet.
Did you really see a second stator in the video? From what I've read, all torque converters, once there is a difference in rotational speeds between the turbine and the pump will multiply torque through one stator. Simply put the stator creates a longer path for hydraulic fluid flow between turbine and pump because of this difference in speed. Like any simple machine, the longer the 'effort' travels, the the more reaction it has against the 'load'. So he has tuned his vane system for low speed stall, but because the car is so light, and his engine so powerful, no reduction is needed. It's like the direct drive systems in Top Fuel dragsters. They have mechanical clutches that are designed to slip the first second of a Top Fuel run; the clutch then full seats and then they grunt the engine against the final drive for the other three seconds. You can do that when u've got 10,000 horse and enuff torque to spin the earth.
Karl Benz, Henry Ford, Enzo Ferrari and this bald guy.
He has alopecia, it's a autoimmune disease that makes you lose all of your hair on your body.
Ferdinand Porsche!
"bald" is not an insult, is it?
only if you feel opressed and ask to check for your non-bald privilege
This bald guy is Christian von Koenigsegg.
Asks for expert help, no one seems to understand so he does it himself. Keeping in mind this is only one small portion of the car is just insane. This guy is a mad scientist.
They konsult experts and have really good engineers and scientists. It's not like he designs it all by himself
John Doe Relativity speaking, it appears so. A torque converter manufacturer vs a company with 98 people total.
Knights2theEnd please m8. he had a team behind him. he knows what he is talking because it was explained in detail so he knows.. a company that makes millions is not drived by 1 person.
joao branco out of context
Ergh, it's not really himself? Like he said, he has experts in the mechanical aspect of the car to create that thing instead of asking others because no major manufacturer seemed to understand what they were going for. He was basically just a conceptor with probably some inputs and economic stuffs, but he does understand the whole thing. Just that he sucks at explaining it, cus you know, not a native english speaker.
The old school tech used in a brand new way is amazing. Koenigsegg is an awesome person who makes the best cars out there. Top of my dream car list.
Why does it have to be a dream. Turn it into reality michael
0:52 that's quiet a shiny koenigs Egg right there!
Quite !
Spinning the tires at 160mph holy shit
Yeah makes me think they should have put some electric motors on the front as well but I guess that makes it even more complicated.
more motors- more weight
Matt Kingsley I'd honestly probably shit my pants. I'm having a hard time trying to imagine it right now😂
they dont have the space if they want to keep their trademark roof into boot feature
I don't see why they put the 2 electric engines on the back wheels, this just makes the wheels spin until 160mph. If these motors were on the front wheels the weight would be similar but it would mean a lot more acceleration.
I don't know wtf he talking about but that's one humble smart bald dude.
Omar Al Ansari 😂😂same here and im high af
Omar Al Ansari ---> Either your Brain EATS your Hair, or your Hair EATS your Brain. There is no compromise.😁
Thank God somebody is thinking and using technology to its true outcome. It's about time. A breath of fresh air.
Ok so Mr Koenigsegg and Elon Musk need to join forces and take over the world.
Alex K. Stop polluting tesla comments
Musk isn't qualified to shine this man's shoes.
Well, Christian von Koenigsegg is a massive fan of Tesla and drives one himself. So haters here can stfu.
Boom. Shut down! High fives all around.
wait that rhymed...
Fog I think Mr. Koenigsegg would gain little from such a collaboration. He may drive a Tesla because it's street legal, while real improvements require rigorous testing before being run in production vehicles. Tesla didn't - because DC motors have been in development for 100 plus years. Oh, and many thanks to you folks who continue to fund Musk enterprises via your tax money (in the form of bunko carbon credit offsets). I'm sure he appreciates gullible taxpayers financing 'his' business.
For this Genius, called Christian von Koenigsegg, everything is just simple but noone has ever done it before.This Dude is the Future and Mozart of the Carindustry.
There is many cars that use no gears, it's just this one is quicker than 100 mph
Its like elon musk. They use words like "simple, quite big etc etc" where as the rest of us would use extremely complex, astronomical etc. Their brains just work better than ours haha.
The Scion IQ for example has no gears.
i think it is safe to say that we are looking on another revolution in car industry. The amount of tought and technological advance in those cars is jawdropping.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_automobiles_with_continuously_variable_transmissions
This only showed me how much I don't know.
Watch porn then, it will blow your mind.
I see what you did there......
zawzero And a few other things...
Really? He braggs for 8 Minutes and then explains basically nothing? Back to school!
It's a hydraulic coupling. Don't wet yourself. And again: Back to school. Your english is terrible.
2030
Koenigsegg : stoping from 500kph with no brakes
2040
0-60 mph in 0.5 with no engine
Laser beam propulsion?
2050
Driving with no car
I love that they're building these amazingly high tech cars and they've got three dudes crawling on the ground with the thing on jack stands.
i hear ya on that. i expected some super sucker suction cup robot arms to spin it around like a balloon so they can work on it. nah. jack stands you minions. "be one with the pavement"
As long as they're paid well
This man is a modern day da Vinci for cars.
I swear Koenigsegg are going to invent/discover a high-temperature superconductive material above 0 celcius by mistake someday...
Daniel Jochem basically
Daniel Jochem CVK would be the kind of guy who will accidentally find the cure for cancer
And then he says basically the technology is simple and was already invented 100 years ago.
He'll be just trying to increase his compression ratios a little more and accidentally invent the first fusion reactor.
He'll discover this new material, but put it to super modest use like using it to line cup holders in order to perfectly maintain the temperature of the drink as it was placed in.
Brilliant! Didn’t understand a word of it, but brilliant!
ya i know right? still watched the whole thing too!
Koenigsegg is fucking badass
The way he explained everything makes it all seem so simple and understandable but imagine the engineering, let alone imagination behind all this
"In other words, I am a genius."
I'm sure he is, but it's not like he himself designed the Direct Drive, probably the engineers that he pays.
GunfightersINC Oh, of course! None of this would exist without Christian himself. He is truly remarkable, just not super-human.
Most likely, but he is a very good engineer actually!
He usually comes up with the original idea, and the engineers makes it reality.
They put 'em together, but the direct drive electric motors weren't invented by koenigsegg.
I think the term is 'visionary'
I love what this company brings to the motoring industry, not just for sports cars but for everyday vehicles. I'm still waiting for Freevalve in motorcycles.
6Twisted Ducati has desmodromic. So no springs for the valves which is how they rev so high without valve bounce. 🇦🇺
Keep waiting...it probably won't happen.
Maintenace on those desmodronic engines is horrendous. New cam belt every 5000 km. I would love desmodronics if it wasn't for the maintenace issues, Maybe with new materials like ceramics
The belt life-span has nothing to do with the valvetrain. The only extra maintenance a Desmo requires is the shimming of it's valves, which is relatively easy with practice. Also most of Ducati's belt change intervals are based on old non-reinforced belts. You can safely run modern reinforced belts well over twice the recommended life span. FYI I own two Ducati superbikes (one with a Desmoquattro the other with a Testastretta) that I've daily driven for over 5 years, at one point around ~50 miles a day.
great and easy to follow explanation! I know want to start working at koenigsegg ;D
Too bad you are not qualified.
@@mkb144p6 great and helpful comment 🙄
This video just popped up after a year - still great! This man is a real enrichment for the car community!
For anyone confused... think of 2 fans facing each other, one is powered by the engine, the other is not powered but connected to your transmission. When the engine fan spins it moves air and the 2nd fan will start to spin too.. basic but true. Hence fluid coupling :)
fluid coupling - that we can find in most automatic cars.... they just re-designed it slightly and make it more "heavy duty".
@Ian Thompson Fluid not air?
Air is a fluid.
Rob Hadfield Air is a fluid, take a physics class. Air is not a liquid. Regardless picture two fans underwater same deal...
Ian Thompson Cool ya jets, it was a genuine question - I was just interested. I forgot this is the internet so you assume I'm trying to undermine you. Jeez.
Just as confused as BEFORE I watched...o_O
Dennis Hena lol I was thinking the same thing! Lol
Dennis Hena it's just a fluid coupling from the engine to the wheels,or differential
It's quite simple, it's just like an american style automatic gearbox which uses an awful device known as a torque converter which is two propellers coupled through liquid. No actual mechanical connection, just sloshing in liquid. It's like a liquid clutch. The car only has one high gear so it's super inefficient at low speeds and it has an electric motor to aid at low speed where an electric motor is the strongest. You can imagine setting a manual gearbox car in 6th gear and clutching it up to speed plus electric motor aid.
Dan Frederiksen that's a good explanation even with the hate America stuff
Hhhmm, let me think of a terrible but easy way to explain it. (if anyone knows anything about this, roll over in your grave now) It is like spinning a fan with another fan, except you put a box around both the fans and pump the box full of water.
So your powered fan spins around, which swirls the water around, which makes the unplugged fan spin except your unplugged fan is connected to a wheel. So when the unplugged fan turns, your wheel tuns. Then add in some fancy clutch like trickery so you can swirl the water without engaging the wheel. (the fancy trickery is just redirecting the water so it cycles back without hitting the other fan...i think)
...and I think he saying that by losing all the other components, you are making up for the inefficiency.
Man!!!!
Every time I think about this DD unit it brings me tears of joy!!!
Humanity will survive!!!
You put into perspective very nicely. I found this video to be both educational and inventive, thank you for the beautiful power plant road monster's too👏
It's gutsy how you reveal the casing and go in such depth especially when there is so much competition to go up against but again thank you for your direct-drive video and I love the brilliance of the whole system.
Koenigsegg and Elon need to work together.
fuck no
Elon would be like: You don't have an education??
Faris Othman fuck yes
Koenigsegg daily drives a Tesla Model S
That's right! Koenigsegg does own a Tesla Model S, and he is inspired by it! Although Koenigsegg is trying to grant longer life to the combustion engine with inventions like Freevalve, while Elon is trying to kill the combustion engine altogether! However, Elon has worked with BMW and Toyota on some projects so never lose hope!
Koenigsegg is doing so much for the car industry
So much for the big 3, it's all about these small nimble companies now. I love it. Bring down corp. shills.
Look up the 1948 Tucker, he envisioned taking out the big 3 with a direct drive system that had a torque converter on each wheel. His car blew away the big 3 with fuel injection, safety harnesses, pop out windshields, all wheel drive, and a cyclops headlight that rotated when you turned the steering wheel. He was small and they eventually snuffed him out legally but 50 examples of his car were made. Direct drive is not a new idea, just new technology by an already established company which gives the big 3 no chance of doing what they did to the Tucker.
I concur, Tucker was a genius, just not a good biz-man ;-)
50 years too late. In another decade internal combustion engines will be as dead as dinosaurs.
The way in which you explained Direct Drive was very easy to understand, Thank You so much.
"Let me tell you how simple it is!"
/Goes on to make my brain bleed :(
i'm happy caillou grew up and did something good with his life
Hilarious!
hahha malade!
Andrew Pearce 😂😂😂
Bruhhhh 😂🤣
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Hats Off Koenigsegg 👌
I really enjoy listening to Christian he has a way of explaining things that an expert or novice or medium guy like myself can understand. I would love to meet him in person he seems like a really down-to-earth person like anyone you can have a drink with at a bar. His engineering is out of this world and truly is a genius
wow, this guy is so cool. willing to show and explain the tech behind his car. I know it takes more than that to understand the gearbox but the fact he's willing to share his knowledge to millions shows how open-minded and confident he is. kudos.
What a fantastic video. Christian is such a genius and visionary
"My name is Christian Von Koenigsegg". Masterpiece of understatement.
Sandeep M Das "I am your lord"? 😂😂😂
my name is oliver queen
@@andreaspapadakos1 You have failed this city
@@andreaspapadakos1 My name is Barry Allen
I'm glad he took the time to explain that. Very cool car.
what an amazing guy at explaining things, i understand 100% how this works, and i dont understand why this is only being invented now, there will be much less ware and tear using that hydraulic system rather than a friction clutch and transmission gears with brass synco sleeves like the traditional car does
Every time I watch a video of this brilliant man speaking I can't help but feel like he's the modern day automotive Einstein!
The things this man has accomplished is remarkably unbelievable. If I had that kind of money to spend on a supercar I wouldn't hesitate to buy one of his masterpieces. To me all Koenigsegg's are an absolute work of engineering art on a level above all others.
Keep being brilliant Sir. I applaud you!
LOL Homey
Einstein was a fake who stole the ideas of real scientists while he worked at the patent office. He didn't originate the theory of relativity, and never actually had any new ideas.
@@slappy8941 yes, the story goes there was someone you wanted to patend general relativity, and he just stole the patend
Felt that when i listened to Vitaly Buterin speak. Like damnnnnnnnnnn
Aspiring Pyramidbuilder, Henry Ford was actually a bit of a fraud as well. It was the Dodge brothers whom made Henry who he was. Without them Henry wouldn’t have amounted to much. Nicholas Tesla, now there’s a genius!
That torque converter cost more then my car
That flywheel costs more than my life
The totally Advance cost is higher than my Country's GDP :-)
The high price is partly because it's not mass produced.
you see that simple iron small bolt there in the video?...... that's my car
Than*
Fantastic video!!; Mr von Königsegg is such a genius w/ a humble & pragmatic attitude...
😊🏆
Bravo Mr Koeningsegg! Brilliant idea, explanation and way of thinking! Thank You! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I praise the entire team over at Koenigsegg, they are all superb and achieve beyond the call of duty.
I'll say this once again, if they had to shift their focus to regular motor market, and apply that kind of technology, they would quickly make many car manufacturers redundant. Think about it.
Martin Sibara but incorporating this attention to detail and pioneering engineering to mainstream car manufacturing is completely unrealistic, the cost of manufacturing would make it uneconomical on the large scale production needed for the mainstream market
Martin Sibara Too bad we in SA can't afford it anyway 😂
Martin, this technology never starts at mainstream consumer level as its completely not financially feasible. Standard engines are already redundant compared to hybrid yet we are still using and selling. This technology starts at the highest level, in this case, hyper cars and formula 1 racing cars and gradually filters down. I think with all the investment, they wouldn't have a chance in the mainstream consumer market.
man I see these comments on every Koenigsegg video, their just an aftermarket manufacturer, nothing special going on here, they are here to make money. I don't buy in to any "infinite" power distribution on any design, if there is is a flaw anywhere between 0 and infinity "horsepower" will ABSOLUTELY find a way to DESTROY that torque converter BEFORE you reach 248 mph, just sayin'... horsepower is a hell of a force, torque is a hell of a force, gravity is a hell of a force, and what a torque converter weighs like 40lbs v the overall weigh 4000lbs. Come on, "infinite"?, you would have better luck with jet engines for all four tires (still wouldn't be infinite but...) oh yeah, and I'm not ripping Koeniggsegg a new one I'm sure their torque converters are worth the money, but KUBOTA has had hydraulic drive gear boxes for... ever, and they only go 1 mph.... infinite torque (to weight ratio) though.
Where's engineering explained when you need him?
was just thinking that, i feel as though he would do a better job of explaining it.
it's a fan except instead of pushing air it pushes oil, on the receiving end is a fan facing in the opposite direction so pushing oil into it will cause it to spin.
it also has a clutch which means it can squeeze 2 plates together to link the drivetrain and the engine directly just like in a standard car
you described a torque converter which this video is not intended for. It's for what sets it apart from a regular torque converter...
The unit on the bench is a torque converter, taken to the extreme.(as per his explanation) Basically at lower vehicle speeds, the torque conversion process is used, but this is inefficient, so whenever power isn't needed, like in a cruise situation, the lockup clutch is engaged which increases efficiency but lacks torque conversion. If you are cruising at 100mph, the lockup clutch would be engaged for efficiency, but then if at 100mph you went to WOT(Wide Open Throttle) the lockup clutches would release and the torque multiplication would then be enacted, torque multiplication would resume and the vehicle would accelerate. This is all in conjunction with other electric motors on the car. Each system on its own, wouldn't work well, but all the systems working together are highlighting each systems benefits, while eliminating or reducing the detriments that each system alone would demonstrate.
he aint got no skillz compared to christian koenigsegg
Incredible workmanship - beautifully made.
these guys are so on it. light speed transmission, those exhausts, this stuffs crazy
I heard what he was saying, and I understood the individual words.....but whaaaaat thaaaa fuuuug???
Fug off Dave
Ok
Mr K is usually one of the best explainers out there but this topic could be tough for even us enthusiasts. This may help www.carthrottle.com/post/engineering-explained-how-the-koenigsegg-regera-hypercar-drives-without-a-gearbox/
Yea I don't fully understand either. Other manufacturers may be interested in having their torque converter act like a CVT as well. No need for gears, no steel belted CVT. It's quite the evolution.
@@songojune Cheers for that. I thought his explanation was a clear as mud.
I was so excited to watch this video so that I could finally understand the KDD system and the hydraulic coupling... and I still don't understand it.
Luke Parsons it's just a more efficient lockup torque converter with a built in clutch.
As far as I get it, the torque converter acts like the gearbox, basically like an automatic car but always working with a 7th gear like relation.
It's hard to understand that it is more efficient when running with a ratio as the 7th gear ⛮
Great engeneering!
lol same here,the man was so clear and yet i just !!!!!!!!!
To see the passion this man has for what he does the innovation, everything that koenigsegg bring to the table never ceases to intrigue me. The fact also that he's happy to openly share it that is awesome, as a tuner that loves trial and error kind of working these things are awesome to me, granted it may not be new technology but it's still 👍
Thank you for explaining this to me clearer, Mr. Egg!
Turn the shitty background music OFF. It's not necessary and distracts from what the important words Mr K is saying
Ozzstar I agree or at least turn it way down
I could hear and understand him just fine....
Couldn't even hear it myself I was in a trance listening to his words. I guess it had its intended effect.
no it adds a nice reality of modern engineering to it
Realist i disagree 100% but you are entitled to your opinion as well as i am
It actually is pretty simple, its a torque converter that is just built tougher for the job that can be disengaged by the clutch so the engine is direct drive, it slips in the low end for torque conversion.
CrazyForCooCooPuffs yeah I'm surprised how simple it was actually! I bet in 10 years this will be a common thing in most luxury vehicles, maybe even all vehicles if the cost of all that machining on the torque converter wasn't so high.
every automatic car has one already, and has since 1950
Clever use of the torque converter is also what made the Buick Grand National fast. It's not a manual that gets it going like that off the line.
So it's not like the big car companies don't know this, it's more like a question of what their reasoning is for not wanting to do something like this.
This guy could explain anything and I'd watch, what a legend
I can sit and listen to him all day and night
In a nutshell? Because 500hp of the Regera's 1500hp is direct drive electric motors, it never runs through the transmission, which makes any gears below the point those motors can spin the tires redundant. Since 500hp is as much as many muscle cars, it this means it'd need no involvement of the combustion engine whatsoever to burn rubber right up to highway speed, and the 1100hp engine only needs to fill in the power difference needed to continue spinning them afterwards, which means that engine RPM can still be fairly low till around the 100mph mark. To achieve this, you'd need for a much more limited range of gears (only 5,6,7), so rather than carrying the extra weight of the duel clutch transmission found in its other cars, koenigsegg instead chose to get rid of the entire gearbox and just build a bigger torque converter with a low stall, its torque multiplying slip effectively giving the car engine RPM to road speed like your using gears 6&7 in DCT, then adding a supplemental electric motor to the flywheel to provide additional bottom end torque for period when you'd be in 5th on the Agera. They claim thanks to not needing a gearbox, the electric drive system only added 88kg to the car when compared to an equivalent duel clutch transmission fitted version. Interesting note, in normal driving the internal combustion engine doesn't provide power to the wheels below 30mph since the torque converter slip amount required to have it at idle RPM would be higher than can be continuously sustained. Likewise without gears the car cannot use the internal combustion motor to reverse, instead relying only on the electric motors that direct drive the rear wheels.
I like the simplicity of the logic, and for track use it does scale to cars with less electric motor power but lower top speeds (the Regera's limitation stemming from its final drive ratio only 2.73:1 to give it its 255mph top speed), however doing so will result in a higher engine RPM when cruising, adversely affecting cabin noise, maintaince times and fuel economy. The low gear reduction mitigates these issues, because if the Regara is at redline (7,800rpm) at its top speed of 255mph, then it's cruising with the converter locked up only around 2000rpm at 65mph. If full throttle is applied at this speed, the converter is unlocked and the Regara will hit its 1,280Nm torque peak at 4,100rpm not long afterwards, probably only around 70-75mph.
Hamish McGregor great summary.
for me it did sound like the converter is only unlocked at the takeoff or even only on hard takeoffs and will lock up as soon as soon as the engine hits an rpm/the car hits a speed that allows the engine to spin "freely" and is higher than idle speed.
you said if you floor it at 60mph the engine would rev up and reach its peak torque. that would sound like a pretty "normal" torque converter. anyway a brilliant piece of engineering and lots of respect for your knowledge about this system. appreciate it
Great explanation.
Thank goodness! You have the best explanation of all the comments! Peace be upon you!
This is the best explanation I've ever read on the internet. Thanks for taking the time to write it. :-D
Thanks for the explanation. I just wish the egghead in the video had done as good job as you...
To summarize, if I understood correctly, it's a torque converter inside another torque converter, with a lock up component.
the combustion engine and primary motor is thought of as one drive unit (for easier comprehension), then the hydraulic coupler (torque converter), then driveline (drive shaft), then differential, then half shafts/secondary motors (axles).
When the crank spins the outside of the coupler spins because they are connected, the inside doesn't spin (connected to the driveshaft) until there is enough pressure to stall the inside. the coupler is full of fluid, the fins are there to shove fluid from crank side of the coupler to the driveshaft side (remember the outside is what is spinning, until hydraulic stall happens).
An example is a closed empty plastic bottle. When you squeeze it, you can crush it somewhat. Now fill the bottle with a fluid like water and try to squeeze it, it's a lot harder to crush. The fins and spinning motion, try to "crush" the fluid, causing a stall, making the non spinning parts (when the car is not in motion) hydraulically connected.
I'm assuming the other toque converter element is to reduce load on the 2 parts of the torque converter (an average converter only has 2 parts, that does what I explained above) along with the secondary drive motors and the lockup component, since it doesn't have a transmission. So the coupler could be thought as a variable transmission of sorts.
Since it doesn't have a transmission, I'm assuming the main source of drive when in reverse are the motors on the axles.
Reverse is electric yes, when reversing the combustion engine goes into idle
I thought the turbine and the impeller are welded together. I cut one open before.
still need a stator for it to work.
torque converter with a clutch for the final gear
I was just about thinking some torque converter combine with clutch... bamm koenigsegg done it before I finish thinking about it...
How beautifully designed machine this is! Simply Miraculous.
Really appreciate that he shared it without any companies “top secret” stuff.
Still don't comprehend this fully... gonna need to see an animation of this thing in action or something :D
AllAroundMan Look up "how a torque converter works" on UA-cam, there should be an animation in the first few results. This should help clear up any confusion.
About to do exactly that!
It's really no different than a Torque converter. Just specialized with a hydraulic coupling.
So this works exactly the same as a power generating gas turbine or electric power generating jet engine. Its about creating torque from hydrodynamic resistance. So the big bell shaped thing spins and moves the oil to then jet out along the sides. This is very much like a turbo turbine. That oil is now at super high pressure and speed and then gets pushed into the turbine and that is literally what is driving the torque. Effectively a windmill being driven by oil pressure. Now I am not sure about the next bit but I believe that once the main bell's speed has matched the speed of the turbine the hydrocoupler has no effect any more. I think, I am not sure. How the clutch system works is not something he completely explained.
Exactly what i was thinking!
Literally no idea what's going on, but still very entertaining to watch
...simple, elegant, durable - Brilliant!
I'm so glad to see genuine innovation in automobiles
That convertor looks like an piece of art, the machining level on that is just amazing.
Michel Linschoten really was thinking the same. That tig weld though on the shell vains were a little sloppy.
What I love about Christian Von Koenigsegg is that he's the one explaining everything. He knows his products and his company. It's not like other companies where you have that specific car's project manager talking. True dedication there.
I am 67 retired Mechanic ( if there is such a thing always fixing something still that my life) Christian Von Koenigsegg since seen your first car i was impressed but watching you vidio clips you are my new hero i love the way you express things like without a load of bull like most Designers and inventors and BULLSHIT engineers keep up the good work and the vidios
What a human. Incredibly smart, humble and articulate. He deserves all the praise he’s given 👍🏼👍🏼
so how do you go in reverse? and if you can, can you go 250mph in reverse ?
You can't. They use the electic engines to go in revers.
borderex 17 reverse via rear electric motors
this isnt forza lol 😂
The reverse is '''limited" to the rear motors with 500 hp and the possibility to do 0-60 in reverse in 4 seconds.... But obvously, it is limited to far less than that electronically. But in theory...
Gert Ahnström the reverse is "limited" to 500hp... lol!
Just sitting here pretending to agree with what his saying like 'yeah I understand..........'
I agree. I acted like I understood then at the end i was like " What F******** language is the speaking? Super Engineering to the max!!
theres basically just a fan that shoots liquid at another fan, the first fan gets power from the engine, the second fan gets spun by the liquid being shot at it.
Thats how you can have the engine power make the shaft spin and give it power without directly attaching them. Imagine if they directly attached a fast-spinning motor to a not-spinning shaft, it would violently break or jar the car forward.
Michael Marti How much power can you really get out of shooting liquid at a fan though? Thats insane..
"Fan" is just a word I was using because it was familiar, more accurate would be turbine. If I blow air from my mouth at a pinwheel I make the pinwheel spin. A spinning pinwheel can also work as a fan and move air like my mouth could, which means one pinwheel spinning can make another pinwheel spin. This is just the basic principle and the real device is made of specially shaped super strong metal turbine blades.
A nuclear power plant makes electricity by boiling water and the steam spins a fan (turbine) attached to a generator, so the answer is unlimited as long as you make the blades the right strength/size/shape.
Hear that airplane that just flew over my head....wooooosh. I understood NOTHING. Well ok maybe 2%...
Balance is Key and to do so while under load is an adventure......Well Done!!!
I could listen to this dude talks cars for hours. Genius !
competitors need to take notes because koenigsegg is on another level of engineering
it is and trust me Koenigsegg will create another car brand that will be affordable , to even more fund his crazy projects
If that "cheap car" had even a smidge of the koenigsegg technology, I'd glady become an owner of one.
Nah German engineering is the best
yeah dem opels m8 lmao
Thank you for these kinda videos they are truly amazing.
i wankna buy one of those torque converters and install it in my bycicle for maximum acceleration
@Dave Micolichek Dude, I'm pretty sure that he is just joking around. lol
Strangly enough, it just might work.
this guy is awesome. ive never seen or heard of a video from ferrari or lamborghini explaining the tech in that kind of depth. cool.
I use an old torque converter turbine assembly for a Christmas tree stand now.
Michael Walsh repurpose reuse recycle lol
Ok..... wow! I would have never thought to take that approach to a direct drive set up! Simply genius! Bravo Koenigsegg!!!
Thanks for clearing that up.
You Sir are a genious....I am lost but still love and want one of your cars.
Mr. KOENIGSEGG please make us an affordable sports car. I would love to buy it. With volume you could put your amazing ideas into mass production to lower cost and it would be wonderful.
I hope you both realise, that it's impossible. If Koenigsegg would make an "affordable sports car" it would be just a random shitty-ass piece of wehicle. Just as an Prius or something. Or the best case scenario would be a Lotus Elise alternative which would be pointless.
He can't really make anything affordable for now, that would require tens of billions just into manufacturing development, he doesn't have that kind of money, he has enough financial will to make incredible cars that remain in garaged in the middle-east.
But than again if you knew what was needed to even make normal city bound cars, you wouldn't ask.
***** I think we know, thats what business loans are for, that is how Tesla did it.
sandzhs WTF haha, no or they would be an amazing car, like the Tucker, Porsche 911, BMW M3, or the Beetle. Do you not know history of some of the most amazing cars in history? Although the Beetle was due to Hitler but same idea I suppose.
Merp Tesla got the loan because it has potential and there's a need/want for eVs and changes the way we travel but this doesn't
I couldn't understand any of this. That's a shame because it's obviously an impressive achievement. Maybe a few Layman's terms here and there might have helped.
MyLife Just wait for the Engineering Explained version
Or do some research. Not everything needs to be spoon fed.
I'm an inexperienced mechanic and understood everything even with his accent lol
MyLife it's actually very simple. Imagine a battery remote controlled car. The engine on that is an electric motor powered by a battery. So, instead of a battery you are using a 680bhp petrol engine. Now because you are driving directly of the electric motor you have direct torque. The torque converter is the connection between the two motors allowing engagement to the axels. Simple, but genius!
None of this is new really. just crazy tough parts. this torque converter is identical to most, it's just tough as fuck and can hold up going 0-60 in 4 sec, lol. otherwise, this cars just a hybrid... a fast as fuck hybrid
I was watching a 1930's/40's informational video on hydraulic couplings and I wondered why they don't use that in modern hybrids to address the torque issue. five minutes later I forgot about it until I saw this video. riveting stuff!
I admire these genies, visionary man, for his passion and goal in his life, I wish him the best of all.