Abstract: A hybrid vehicle with four drive wheels having: an internal combustion heat engine, which transmits the motion to a first pair of drive wheels and has at least one cylinder provided with at least one intake valve and with an exhaust valve; a turbine, which is designed to be rotated by the exhaust gases; a first electric machine, which is designed to be rotated by the turbine so as to generate electrical energy; a second electric machine, which transmits the motion to a second pair of drive wheels; and a control unit, which is configured to cyclically determine an electric power to be necessarily generated and an electric power generated by the first electric machine and to adjust an opening advance of the exhaust valve depending on the difference between the electric power generated by the first electric machine and the electric power to be necessarily generated.

Abstract: A car having: two front wheels; two rear wheels; a body, which has two front wheel compartments, each housing, on the inside, a corresponding front wheel, and two rear wheel compartments, each housing, on the inside, a corresponding rear wheel; and two covering panels, each arranged in the area of a corresponding wheel compartment to close the wheel compartment. Each covering panel is mounted on the body so as to be movable between a contracted position, in which the covering panel is completely flush with the body, and an expanded position, in which the covering panel is at least partially spaced apart from the body. Two actuator devices are provided, each coupled to a corresponding covering panel so as to move the covering panel between the contracted position and the expanded position.

Abstract: A road vehicle having: a frame; four wheels, which are mounted on the frame in a rotary manner; a body, which covers the frame; a compressor, which produces a compressed gas; and at least one tank, which receives the compressed gas from the compressor and has a containing chamber, which is delimited by a wall. The wall of the tank includes: an inner panel, which directly delimits the containing chamber and is in contact with the compressed gas; and an outer panel, which completely surrounds the inner panel and is arranged parallel to the inner panel and at a constant distance from the inner panel.

Abstract: A road vehicle having: two front wheels; two rear wheels; an engine, which transmits the motion to drive wheels; and a cooling system, which is connected to the engine. The cooling system has: a cooling circuit where a cooling liquid flows; two first radiators, which are connected to the cooling circuit and make up, together, a first “V”-shaped structure, which is arranged on a right side of the road vehicle; and two second radiators, which are connected to the cooling circuit and make up, together, a second “V”-shaped structure, which is arranged on a left side of the road vehicle.

Abstract: A road vehicle with an electric drive comprising: at least one pair of drive wheels; a reversible electric machine, which can be connected to the drive wheels; an electronic power converter, which controls the electric machine; an electric energy storage system, which is connected to the electronic power converter; first power wirings comprising at least two first electric wires, which connect the electric machine to the electronic power converter; and second power wirings comprising at least two second electric wires, which connect the electronic power converter to the storage system; and a cooling system, which is thermally coupled to at least one power wiring in order to remove heat from the power wiring.

Abstract: An electric or hybrid sport car comprising a battery pack incorporating at least one structural element of the vehicle frame, and wherein said structural element can be removed from the vehicle frame only together with the battery pack.

Abstract: High-performance road vehicle having: a plurality of replaceable or removable components; a control unit that supervises the operation of the road vehicle; at least one electronic identification device, which is fitted on a corresponding component, has a memory designed to contain at least one unique identifying code of the component and has a first transmission organ designed to send the data contained in the memory; and a second transmission organ designed to communicate with the first transmission organ and connected to the control unit to allow the control unit to interact with the electronic identification device.

Abstract: High-performance road vehicle having: a plurality of replaceable or removable components; a control unit, which controls the operation of the road vehicle; at least one electronic identification device, which is fitted on a corresponding component, has a memory designed to contain at least one unique identifying code of the component and has a first transmission organ designed to send the data contained in the memory; and a second transmission organ, designed to communicate with the first transmission organ and connected to the control unit to allow the control unit to read the univocal identifying code of the component.

Abstract: Battery module for an electrical storage system for an electric drive vehicle; wherein the battery module includes: a set of parallel cylindrical chemical batteries arranged side by side, at least two conductive plates arranged on said opposite sides and welded to the corresponding opposite terminals of said set of batteries, at least one refrigerated wall set adherent to one of said at least two conductive plates, at least one pad sandwiched between said at least one refrigerated wall and said at least one respective conductive plate, in which said pad is made of an electrically insulating and thermally conductive material.

Abstract: Method for controlling a car, in particular a sports car, provided with a relative power train, relative braking devices and relative steering means, the method being based on a joystick comprising a lever, arranged in the car to identify a forward tilt and a backward tilt parallel to a longitudinal development of the car for interacting with said power train and with said braking devices, and two side tilts to the left and to the right for interacting with said steering means so as to determine a trajectory of the car, wherein the method, according to a first operating condition, comprises a first step of respectively associating said forward tilt and said backward tilt with a proportional forward and backward acceleration of the car.

Abstract: A sports car provided with a conditioning system comprising a conditioning device for treating environmental air, an internal channel for delivering conditioned air generated by said conditioning device throughout a vehicle cockpit, wherein said conditioning device is arranged at the rear of said vehicle cockpit.

Abstract: An electric or hybrid sport car comprising a vehicular frame and a floor formed by a fixed portion with the vehicular frame and a removable base and wherein a bottom part of the base consists of a so-called platform, which consists of a plate made of metal or high-resistance composite material, exposed to the outside so as to operatively face the ground on which the car rests. A rear part of the platform diverges from the ground proceeding towards a rear part of the car, and wherein said rear part of the platform supports a support frame of a rear battery pack, and wherein said support frame comprises a plurality of support layers for as many battery layers, which include columns operatively vertical and structures parallel to the rear portion of the platform.

Abstract: A car having: a frame; four wheels, which are mounted on the frame in a rotary manner; a body, which covers the frame; at least one compressed air tank; and at least one gas pusher, which is connected to the compressed air tank, is integral to the frame and has a plurality of nozzles, which face outwards, can be activated in order to generate respective air jets, are arranged parallel to and beside one another, have the same orientation and are sized so as to generate different pneumatic thrusts given the same pressure of the compressed air flowing in; a pressure sensor, which determines a pressure inside the compressed air tank; and a control unit, which activates the plurality of nozzles in a coordinated manner so as to generate, as a whole, a desired pneumatic thrust based on the pressure inside the compressed air tank.

Abstract: A motor module for modularly making a front and/or rear electric axle, comprising an electric motor generator and a gear train enclosed in a gearbox case permanently fixed to a stator of said electric motor-generator, the module having an L-shape. Electric axle comprising a pair of L-shaped modules for making a T-shaped front electric axle and a U-shaped rear electric axle.

Abstract: Sports car including a cockpit equipped with a windscreen that delimits the cockpit, the windscreen being supported by a peripheral frame made of high-resistance material including an upper crossbeam at the top, a lower crossbeam at the bottom and a pair of side uprights connecting said upper and lower crossbeams, the windscreen including a front central upright arranged between said front side uprights to connect said upper and lower crossbeams.

Abstract: A hybrid vehicle with four drive wheels having: an internal combustion heat engine, which transmits the motion to a first pair of drive wheels and has at least one cylinder provided with at least one intake valve and with an exhaust valve; a turbine, which is designed to be rotated by the exhaust gases; a first electric machine, which is designed to be rotated by the turbine so as to generate electrical energy; a second electric machine, which transmits the motion to a second pair of drive wheels; and a control unit, which is configured to cyclically determine an electric power to be necessarily generated and an electric power generated by the first electric machine and to adjust an opening advance of the exhaust valve depending on the difference between the electric power generated by the first electric machine and the electric power to be necessarily generated.

Abstract: An electric or hybrid sport car comprising a battery pack incorporating at least one structural element of the vehicle frame, and wherein said structural element can be removed from the vehicle frame only together with the battery pack.

Abstract: An electric or hybrid sport car comprising a vehicular frame and a floor formed by a fixed portion with the vehicular frame and a removable base and wherein a bottom part of the base consists of a so-called platform, which consists of a plate made of metal or high-resistance composite material, exposed to the outside so as to operatively face the ground on which the car rests. A rear part of the platform diverges from the ground proceeding towards a rear part of the car, and wherein said rear part of the platform supports a support frame of a rear battery pack, and wherein said support frame comprises a plurality of support layers for as many battery layers, which include columns operatively vertical and structures parallel to the rear portion of the platform.

Abstract: A car having: a frame; four wheels, which are mounted on the frame in a rotary manner; a body, which covers the frame; at least one compressed air tank; and at least one gas pusher, which is connected to the compressed air tank, is integral to the frame and has a plurality of nozzles, which face outwards, can be activated in order to generate respective air jets, are arranged parallel to and beside one another, have the same orientation and are sized so as to generate different pneumatic thrusts given the same pressure of the compressed air flowing in; a pressure sensor, which determines a pressure inside the compressed air tank; and a control unit, which activates the plurality of nozzles in a coordinated manner so as to generate, as a whole, a desired pneumatic thrust based on the pressure inside the compressed air tank.

Abstract: A method to control an electrically-operated turbocharger in a supercharged internal combustion engine, wherein the turbocharger has: a turbine, which is inserted in an exhaust duct to rotate under the thrust of the exhaust gases and operates an electric generator, and a compressor, which is mechanically independent of the turbine, is inserted in an intake duct to increase the air pressure and is operated by an electric engine; wherein the control method comprises the steps of: establishing when the intensity of the acoustic emission in the exhaust of the internal combustion engine needs to be increased; and reducing the mechanical power actually absorbed by the electric generator relative to the available mechanical power to increase the intensity of the acoustic emission in the exhaust of the internal combustion engine.