Hypercar ALIENO UNUM TRS is based on the TRS package and is driven and controlled with electricity and air.

TRS stands for “The Rocket Successor” and represents advanced ALIENO technology for drive and control with electricity and air, whose debut is precisely in the UNUM model.

TRS is a complement of a THF, upgrading it with the ability to drive and control not only with electricity, but also with air. This synergy is achieved through a system called ALIENO octopus synergistic system.

The TRS drive and control with air is carried out by an innovative system called ALIENO cold air thruster system, implemented with up to 24 pieces of ALIENO rocket cold air thrusters, but they are only a small part of the TRS package, which through ALIENO octopus synergistic system is integrated into all key systems of the hypercar, and in practice differs drastically from anything similar known up to now.

The Cold Gas Thruster, is a type of rocket engine, which uses the expansion of pressurized gas to generate thrust. The gas used in ALIENO UNUM TRS is ordinary air and therefore its thrusters are Cold Air Thrusters.

The thrusters of ALIENO UNUM TRS are with variable geometry and thrust direction. In this regard, in the TRS control system has implemented an innovative ALIENO real-time Thrust Vector Control (TVC) system, called ALIENO real-time thrust vectoring system, capable of changing the direction of the thrust of the thrusters, to control the position of the hypercar on the road.

The main thrusters in ALIENO UNUM TRS are located under the different grilles of its exterior, therefore they do not change its silhouette. The grilles in question are made of titanium and have a special geometry to optimize the thrust from the thrusters.

Ahmed Merchev, founder, CEO & CTO of ALIENO and chief constructor of UNUM, adds:
“The thrusters of ALIENO UNUM TRS are made from titanium, steel and Inconel, by milling with robotic multi-axis metal milling machines and through additive manufacturing of metal parts with laser 3D printers for metal, with what machines we are gradually equipping our ALIENO production factory in Tuhovishta, Bulgaria. The laser 3D printers for metal are of the Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) type, with which NASA makes the rocket injectors for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, SpaceX manufactures the combustion chamber of the SuperDraco rocket thrusters for its Crew Dragon spacecraft, Rocket Lab manufactures the Rutherford rocket engines for its Electron rocket, and Bugatti the brake calipers of its Chiron hypercar.”

The compressed air in ALIENO UNUM TRS, is stored under a pressure of up to 700 bar (10 152 psi) in a special ALIENO cylinder made of composite materials, located behind the seats and above the battery.

The charging of the cylinder with compressed air, is done by one of the following three available options: from the built-in ALIENO UNUM TRS electric compressor, from a more powerful external compressor for faster charging, or from a larger external container with compressed air. The mentioned external elements are designed and built by ALIENO at the customer’s request.

The built-in electric compressor is supplied with electricity through one of the following three available options: from the charger of the hypercar while charging it with electricity, from the battery or during passive-braking with recuperation and accumulation of energy, when the energy obtained from the innovative ALIENO regenerative electromagnetic braking system, in addition to charging the battery, it can also be used to power the compressor, with the battery/compressor priority and ratio being adjustable, including by the user. At times when the battery is fully charged and cannot absorb any more energy, the braking energy is used for charging with air, which increases the efficiency of the regenerative electromagnetic braking system.

The thrusters of the ALIENO UNUM TRS hypercar, help not only its drive, but also its control and aerodynamics, given that, in addition to acceleration, they can also be used as a brake, as well as to correct its trajectory of movement, and in addition, when necessary, provide a huge downforce for its additional stabilization. For this purpose, in the ALIENO UNUM TRS hypercar, the three different main drive modes (Street, Track and Race) known from the ARCANUM THF model and also available in UNUM THF, have an additional functionality called Rocket, from which the capabilities, functions and behavior of the TRS package are activated and adjusted.

The thrusters are particularly effective at extreme acceleration, extreme braking, high speed movement, when turning and in any extreme situation in order to avoid obstacles or other dangerous situation on the road. Their most significant application, is in the preservation and saving of life, given that the TRS package provides effective tools for preventive response in the extremely limited time window of the typical life-threatening situations accompanying the road accidents.

Ahmed Merchev, founder, CEO & CTO of ALIENO and chief constructor of UNUM, adds:
“The calculations and simulations with the ALIENO ACRYPTO supercomputer, have shown us that in certain extreme situations, the typical car systems, no matter how much we improve them, are powerless due to the limited grip of the car to the road. At the standard cars, that grip is determined by the limited contact area of the tires with the road and the aerodynamics of the car. In UNUM THF, the grip is improved through the ALIENO active, robotic and adaptive aerodynamics, and in UNUM TRS, the TRS package provides an opportunity to increase the grip of the hypercar to the road in an unthinkable way until now. In effect, with these two independent sources of ‘fuel’ for ‘reactions’ (electricity and air) in the ALIENO UNUM TRS hypercar, under the control of ‘The Alien’ (TA) system, are overcome the typical limitations that each of them has separately, which helps to improve not only its drive, but also its control and aerodynamics. In theory, the TRS package is able to stabilize the UNUM hypercar, even in situations of complete loss of grip of the tires to the road. This was unthinkable before and is a major breakthrough for the maneuverability, safety and enjoyment of the hypercars. I hope that our developments will help to implement similar technologies in mass cars as well.”

In addition to all this, the TRS package also represents a unique synergistic addition to all other systems of the ALIENO UNUM TRS hypercar, completely unknown until now in the automotive world, given that it also includes the so-called ALIENO blissful comfort system and ALIENO save me always system.

ALIENO blissful comfort system realizes the following:
– in extreme operating modes, the compressed air is used for additional cooling of the braking mechanisms, electric motors, controllers and the battery of the hypercar, in order to prevent overheating;
– in an event of damage causing overheating of the battery, ensures its cooling in order to prevent setting fire to it;
– to achieve extreme acceleration or extreme braking, the thermal energy from the operation of the braking mechanisms, electric motors, controllers and the battery is used to heat the compressed air in order to increase the thrust of the thrusters;
– the compressed air is used for additional cooling or heating of the cabin and interior of the hypercar, the tires, braking mechanisms, electric motors, controllers and the battery;
– the compressed air is used for self-cleaning and defrosting of the front and side windows, cameras and sensors of the hypercar;
– provides the possibility for additional equipment with ALIENO air suspension for quick change of the ground clearance and additional modes with more comfortable suspension settings of the hypercar;
– provides the possibility for additional equipment with a special ALIENO exhaust system, when the compressed air passes through it, it provides an authentic sound of choice of the hypercar – it can be completely silent or sound like some of the epic conventional engines.

ALIENO save me always system realizes the following:
– in case of loss of a grip of the tires to the road (leading to partial or complete loss of control), which cannot be compensated by the active aerodynamics, through the thrusters, provides thrust in the respective directions to restore the grip, stabilize and restore the trajectory of movement of the hypercar or bring it to a safe full stop;
– in a situation with an impending collision or impact, through the thrusters, corrects the trajectory of movement of the hypercar in order to prevent it;
– in a situation with an unavoidable collision or impact, through the thrusters, it provides thrust in the direction opposite to the direction of the collision/impact in order to limit its consequences, thereby practically extending the crash structures of the hypercar;
– when driving on a contaminated road surface (for example with sand or gravel), when necessary, a powerful air jet is released in front of the tires of the hypercar, which pushes the pollutants aside from the road surface in front of the tire and prevents skidding, loss of control, damage or burst of a tire;
– when driving in rainy weather with a wet road surface, when necessary, a powerful air jet is released in front of the tires of the hypercar, which pushes the rainwater aside, dries the road surface in front of the tire and prevents aquaplaning;
– when driving in winter conditions with snowy and/or icy road surface, when necessary, a powerful hot air jet is released in front of the tires of the hypercar, which melts the snow/ice, pushes it aside from the road surface in front of the tire and prevents skidding and loss of control;
– when the tire burst, the compressed air restores the pressure in it as much as possible in motion, in order to maintain the correct trajectory of movement of the hypercar until it stops safely;
– in an event of a road accident that caused the hypercar to fall into a pool of water with the risk of its sinking, through the compressed air, additional pressure is created in the cabin to limit its filling with water, in order to increase the critical time for reaction and rescue of the passengers, and the chassis is kept above the surface as far as possible;
– in an event of a sudden failure or complete discharge of the battery, it provides the possibility of a short additional movement only with air and a safe stop of the hypercar.

The electric motors, battery and essentially all major nodes and systems of the ALIENO UNUM TRS, are basically identical or similar to those of the ALIENO UNUM THF.

Based on their power, ALIENO UNUM TRS is available in several versions, that differ in the number of electric motors, the number of thrusters and the volume of the composite cylinder with compressed air.

Like ALIENO UNUM THF, according to its purpose, each of the ALIENO UNUM TRS versions is available in 3 basic modifications: STR (Street), TRC (Track) and RCE (Race), whose basic dynamic characteristics, although are the same and differ mainly by the standards/homologations they meet, also differ in their permitted thrust, range, equipment level and the operating modes of the TRS package, given their specific application.

Details for the TRS package, its versions and modifications, as well as the acceleration times and other dynamic characteristics of the ALIENO UNUM TRS hypercar, will be announced additionally.