Chapter koenigsegg06

READ OUT LOUDTHE STORY BEHIND

- KOENIGSEGG -

FROM BOYHOOD DREAM TO SUPERCAR

BEFORE YOU START….

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Koenigsegg is the first in the supercar segment to develop a car with a sustainable engine. “I am convinced that sustainable solutions only work if they have a positive effect on the performance. Green is nice, but it

must not come at the expense of quality.” Which is why, in 2007, Koenigsegg developed a smaller, lighter and more powerful engine that ran on bio-fuel, reducing the CO2-emission by 30% compared to

existing engines. A win-win situation. It also developed a new valvesystemwhereby the valves do not all move at the same time, but are controlled separately, comparable to a piano. Yet another invention that benefits

the performance, emission and fuel-consumption. During our interview, I get the feeling that, in the future, Koenigsegg will not be applying these techniques purely for its own use. When I joke about rocket motors this

turns out to be an unintended bull’seye. Christian admits that he has been thinking about sharing histechnology with the space industry too.

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