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Koenigsegg found the cause of the fire that melted a Jesko earlier this month in Greece. The blaze disintegrated the hypercar within minutes. A Koenigsegg engineer went down there to retrieve the vehicle. The automaker rapidly started an investigation to find out the cause of the fire.
To prevent similar incidents and before achieving data that would help them understand, Koenigsegg representatives asked all Jesko owners to hold off driving their cars. In the meantime, the automaker would analyze the burned car as well as other Jesko examples to better understand what happened.
The investigation shows that the fuel tank, engine oil, and gearbox oil system were still intact in the vehicle that burned to a crisp last month. According to the automaker, they were not compromised or affected by the fire.
What they found that might have caused the fire was a streak of hydraulic fluid behind the car on the road, which prompted them to investigate the pressurized hydraulic system, which is the only one that contains this fluid.
The team found out that a pressurized hydraulic hose, which was positioned at the back of the car, was compromised. That is where the leak came from, causing the fire.
The experts are also checking the installation of all hydraulic hoses on all production of the Jesko as well as on the Jesko examples already delivered to make sure that the installation is safe.
The team is also testing and developing a software update that can sense a pressure drop or leak in less than a second. The moment it detects the leak, it automatically shuts down the hydraulic system within a second to prevent fire.
Koenigsegg is planning to release the first version of the software of the added feature before the end of the week. Following the update, they will start permitting owners to resume driving their Jeskos.
According to a post uploaded to Instagram and signed by Christian von Koenigsegg himself, the Swedish hypercar manufacturer will supply the owner of the burned car with a new Jesko.
While releasing updates on the fire investigation, Koenigsegg was also busy breaking records with the Jesko. With test driver Markus Lundh behind the wheel and shod with Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R tires, a Jesko Absolut became the quickest to go from 0 to 400 kph (248.5 mph) after it ran the distance in 27.83 seconds at an airfield in Sweden on June 27.
It hit 402 kph (250 mph) in 19.20 seconds and needed 28.27 seconds to flash from 0 to 400 kph and then brake to zero again. The example that broke all these records was a standard car running on E85 fuel, equipped with a roll cage, and carrying a single seat.
The investigation shows that the fuel tank, engine oil, and gearbox oil system were still intact in the vehicle that burned to a crisp last month. According to the automaker, they were not compromised or affected by the fire.
What they found that might have caused the fire was a streak of hydraulic fluid behind the car on the road, which prompted them to investigate the pressurized hydraulic system, which is the only one that contains this fluid.
The team found out that a pressurized hydraulic hose, which was positioned at the back of the car, was compromised. That is where the leak came from, causing the fire.
The experts are also checking the installation of all hydraulic hoses on all production of the Jesko as well as on the Jesko examples already delivered to make sure that the installation is safe.
The team is also testing and developing a software update that can sense a pressure drop or leak in less than a second. The moment it detects the leak, it automatically shuts down the hydraulic system within a second to prevent fire.
Koenigsegg is planning to release the first version of the software of the added feature before the end of the week. Following the update, they will start permitting owners to resume driving their Jeskos.
According to a post uploaded to Instagram and signed by Christian von Koenigsegg himself, the Swedish hypercar manufacturer will supply the owner of the burned car with a new Jesko.
While releasing updates on the fire investigation, Koenigsegg was also busy breaking records with the Jesko. With test driver Markus Lundh behind the wheel and shod with Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R tires, a Jesko Absolut became the quickest to go from 0 to 400 kph (248.5 mph) after it ran the distance in 27.83 seconds at an airfield in Sweden on June 27.
It hit 402 kph (250 mph) in 19.20 seconds and needed 28.27 seconds to flash from 0 to 400 kph and then brake to zero again. The example that broke all these records was a standard car running on E85 fuel, equipped with a roll cage, and carrying a single seat.
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