The Lamborghini Terzo Millennio is a showcase for five different areas, energy storage, innovation materials, propulsion, design, and emotion the Dinca Research Lab and the Mechanosynthesis Group at MIT took care of the first two as part of the agreement between Automobili Lamborghini SpA and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology signed a year ago.

The Lamborghini Terzo Millennio is a test bed for the use of supercapacitors to store power instead of traditional batteries, this will allow the new Lamborghini boast a storage system that can deliver high peak power and regenerate kinetic energy at the same time while avoiding the aging and cycling effect of current batteries.

The actual bodywork of the Lamborghini Terzo Millennio is made from evolution in carbon fiber structures created by Lamborghini, in fact, the entire body of the car will be able to store energy as an accumulator and furthermore, the Terzo Millennio can ‘self-heal’ the structure of the body contains micro-channels that contain healing chemistries, after the system detects damage on the body it will be able to repair itself to avoid further cracks of the carbon fiber structure.

The Lamborghini Terzo Millennio is still a four-wheel drive Raging Bull, each wheel contains an electric motor to take advantage of high torque and is able to deliver power by wire, thus resulting in a massive weight saving and freedom of design for the Lamborghini Centro Stile.

The Terzo Millennio is equipped with a virtual cockpit, which allows the driver to take a stint on one of the world’s famous race tracks with the help of a virtual co-pilot before attempting this drive by himself trying to keep up with the ‘ghost’ car.

The Lamborghini Terzo Millennio is clearly a preview of how the Lamborghini design will evolve over the upcoming years, the successor to the Aventador surely has to be in development already, and while it has been confirmed the V12 will remain, for the Huracan successor a hybrid has been mentioned too, it is also certain the Urus will receive a Hybrid power plant in the near future too with the Terzo Millennio being all-electric, it is a glimpse of the Raging Bull after the Aventador successor.

Terzo Millennio: A New Chapter for Lamborghini

The Lamborghini Terzo Millennio, translating to “Third Millennium,” is an ambitious concept that pushes the boundaries of innovation and design. Unveiled as a result of the partnership between Lamborghini and MIT, the Terzo Millennio is an electric vehicle (EV) that challenges conventional design principles and performance standards for supercars.

As part of its electric vehicle efforts, Lamborghini and MIT recently filed a joint patent for a material that will serve as the technological base for a new generation of supercapacitors. This new technology aims to significantly enhance energy storage capabilities, making the Terzo Millennio more powerful and efficient than other EVs on the market.

Design and Performance

The Terzo Millennio exhibits a futuristic design, with aggressive lines and an aerodynamic shape reminiscent of Lamborghini’s signature aesthetic. Despite its electric nature, Lamborghini has expressed its desire to maintain the brand’s emotional appeal and driving experience, which are integral to its identity.

In addition to the advanced supercapacitor technology, the Terzo Millennio features an innovative powertrain that boasts four electric motors, one at each wheel. This allows for precise torque vectoring, enhancing handling and performance. The electric motors also provide rapid acceleration, enabling the Terzo Millennio to compete with its internal combustion engine counterparts in terms of speed and power.

A Glimpse into the Future

The Lamborghini Terzo Millennio represents a bold vision for the future of the supercar industry. It highlights the company’s ability to innovate, adapt, and embrace new technologies while maintaining its commitment to performance, design, and emotion. As Lamborghini continues to explore the world of electric vehicles and further its collaboration with MIT, the Terzo Millennio serves as a stunning symbol of what the future may hold for automotive enthusiasts and the industry as a whole.

Price

As an exclusive and highly advanced concept vehicle, its price is estimated at around $2.5 million US. However, it is essential to note that the Terzo Millennio is not a production vehicle, and its availability for purchase may be limited or subject to change.

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On the occasion of this announcement Lamborghini presents the new design concept “Lamborghini of the Terzo Millennio”. The concept physically imagines design and technology theories of tomorrow, while sustaining the visual intrigue, breath-taking performance and, most importantly, the visceral emotion found in every dimension of a Lamborghini. It is made for future super sports car enthusiasts.

The technological goal of the project is to enable Lamborghini to address the future of the super sports car in five different dimensions: energy storage systems, innovative materials, propulsion system, visionary design, and emotion.

The first two dimensions are conceived together with the two laboratories at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: the “Dinca Research Lab”, led by Prof. Mircea Dinca, Department of Chemistry and the “Mechanosynthesis Group”, led by Prof. Anastasios John Hart, Department of Mechanical Engineering. The collaboration is substantially financed by Automobili Lamborghini and intended to lead to radical innovation in energy storage systems technology and material science.

Stefano Domenicali, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Automobili Lamborghini, says: “Exactly one year ago we have signed an agreement with the MIT-Italy Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology which marked the start of a collaboration between two outstanding entities for the creation of a project that intends to write an important page in the future of super sports cars for the third millennium.

Collaborating with MIT for our R&D department is an exceptional opportunity to do what Lamborghini has always been very good at: rewriting the rules on super sports cars. Now we are presenting an exciting and progressive concept car. We are inspired by embracing what is impossible today to craft the realities of tomorrow: Lamborghini must always create the dreams of the next generation.”

Energy Storage Systems

The strategy of creating super sports cars with uncompromising performance generates Lamborghini’s motivation to revolutionize the approach to energy storage, moving away from conventional batteries and investigating the potential of supercapacitors to equip the Terzo Millennio.

This is in line with the application of low voltage supercapacitors in the V12 Aventador, which started five years ago. The next logical step is the development of a storage system able to deliver high peak power and regenerate kinetic energy with very limited influence from aging and cycling during the vehicle’s life, and with the ability to symmetrically release and harvest electric power. Thus, the collaboration with Prof. Mircea Dinca is aiming to overcome the limits of today’s technology and close the gap on conventional batteries’ energy density while preserving the high power, symmetrical behavior and the very long lifecycle related to supercapacitor technology.

Prof. Dinca says: “The new Lamborghini collaboration allows us to be ambitious and think outside the box in designing new materials that answer energy storage challenges for the demands of an electric sport vehicle. We look forward to teaming up with their engineers and work on this exciting project”.

Innovative materials

To support this revolution in energy storage systems, materials and their functions have to change, too. Lamborghini aims to further develop its leadership in the design and production of carbon fiber structures and parts, enhancing its ability to develop features and functions that take lightweight materials to the next level.

For this reason, the cooperation with Prof. John Hart will investigate the new manufacturing routes for carbon fiber materials constituting the bodyshell of the Terzo Millennio, which will also act as an accumulator for energy storage and enable the complete body of the car to be used as a storage system. Prof. Hart says, “we are thrilled to combine our expertise in advanced materials and manufacturing with the vision and support of Automobili Lamborghini, and to realize new concepts that will shape the future of transportation.”

The project also aims to combine the technology to continuously monitor the whole carbon fiber structure, both visible and invisible, with the concept of “self-healing”: the target is to provide the Terzo Millennio with the ability to conduct its own health monitoring to detect cracks and damages in its substructure derived from accidents.  In this case a self-repairing process starts via micro-channels filled with healing chemistries, reducing to zero the risks of small cracks propagating further in the carbon fiber structure. This allows further weight reduction with increased use of carbon fiber or the application of CFK to high-fatigue parts.

Propulsion System

The energy storage system goes hand-in hand with performance: each wheel incorporates an integrated electric engine, perpetuating the commitment to four-wheel drive and in the meantime harvesting the opportunities provided by electric motors: high torque, reversibility, and the possibility of moving energy by wire. The Terzo Millennio therefore also embodies the first steps for Lamborghini to go in the direction of creating a “Lamborghini Electric”. Moving the electric motors into the wheels has another positive effect: freedom for designers and aerodynamicists.

Design

The Terzo Millenio is the visionary outcome conceived by the Lamborghini Centro Stile to express future design elements, taking into account the radical changes in technology and anticipating elements of forthcoming Lamborghini design. An example for a very strong statement is the evolution and further development of the Lamborghini typical Y-signature in the front and rear lights.

As a result of the change in technologies the design can be a radical expression of aerodynamic supremacy, based around an entirely new architecture, totally dedicated to perfecting airflow. A highly advanced monocoque based on Lamborghini’s Forged Composite technology can be modelled, containing only the energy accumulation system and driver’s and co-driver’s seats, inspired by race cars.

Emotion

Fundamental to a Lamborghini hypercar of the future is sustaining the emotion of driving a Lamborghini, and an immersive driver experience. The responsiveness of the electric motors, the four-wheel torque control and the dynamic body control system will enhance the driver’s experience, projecting it into the third millennium. Finally the consequent aerodynamics and innovative lightweight approach will result in a new dimension of longitudinal as well as lateral dynamics, in this combination until today unknown from electrified cars.

The Terzo Millenio’s virtual cockpit allows more than travelling the highways of a future world: its Piloted Driving simulation allows the driver to be taken around a track such as Imola by a virtual expert before the driver takes over to feel like a ‘pilot’ himself, experiencing the real car and circuit while following the virtual ghost car.

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