Lamborghini and MIT Working on Battery-free Electric Hypercar, Terzo Millennio

No battery on an electric car, achievable? Lamborghini and MIT sure think so. In the body of Lamborghini's latest concept for the future, Terzo Millennio, engineers from both sides of the team are racing to achieve exotic carbon nanotubes. It will be used as supercapacitor which can store and release energy. There are advantages and disadvantages.

Advantages:
By storing energy in the carbon eliminates the need for an extremely bulky and heavy battery. Supercapacitors are made with carbons and have the flexibility bend; which, a full frame of carbon fiber, is necessary for supercars and hypercars in order to save weight.

Also, supercapacitors can take in and release energy much more quickly than batteries, providing peak performance at all times. Batteries, on the other hand, can get really hot and suffer performance; that's why Tesla never finished one lap of Nurburgring.

With supercapacitors on the body panels, it can detect small cracks by the sensors and immediately refill through internal tubes, kind of like self-healing.

Disadvantages:
There's actually one huge drawback, as of this moment, supercapacitors can't store a large amount of energy long term, therefore they are mainly used for a short burst.

After all, Lamborghini is still hesitant to drop their beloved cylinders and signature sound so they will find a way to have a W or V badge. They admit that moving on to full electric or hybrid would be tough for them and their fans, but it's necessary.