Anyone seen the Renovo Coupe? Basically it looks like the took a Cobra Daytona Coupe and made it electric. 3.4 seconds 0-60. Fast charge time of 30 minutes. They are calling it America's first all electric super car.
I mean the styling is beautiful but then again It is a basically a Cobra Daytona which I have always liked. I am just not sure that there is enough "under the hood" shall we say to justify that price at least to me. I am sure it is basically just meant to be an exclusive car for the super rich and most will end up just sitting in someones collection or something.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlUSgm3dA8o
It does however present one with an interesting idea. Develop a line of cars based off classics, you know styling that people actually want and then match it with a modern electric or hybrid drivetrain. That way you could be smug and classy at the same time.
I like seeing companies putting electric and performance in the same product.
SnowMongoose wrote:
I like seeing companies putting electric and performance in the same product.
Yeah but top speed is still only 120 MPH. I would love to see something like this hit 150 or faster especially if they are going to claim "super car" status with anything other than the price tag.
So let me clarify I love the concept of what they are doing I just think the overall performance needs some work.
At this point a Factory Five coupe is still much more reasonable. You have all the sexy curves minus the smug factor.
In reply to rebelgtp:
No doubt, I meant mostly from the trickle-down point of view with the technology.
Racing EVs, EV 'Super' cars, upper end production EVs...
Each time a company steps up, the wait for something affordable lessens.
I will admit.. I have entertained the idea of an electric lotus 7 replica/locost
I'd buy it.
Anyone have $529,000 sitting around you can give me?
(btw, for $529k, you could probably custom-build a car that looks exactly how you want it to look and goes 200mph...)...or take a wrecked veyron and drop a sexy body on it.
I don't think there is any possible way to make a Veyron look sexy.
mad_machine wrote:
I will admit.. I have entertained the idea of an electric lotus 7 replica/locost
I would be very interested in this concept. Hell I bet if we put together all the crazy minds that reside here on the forum we could more than likely come up with a viable design. The biggest issue I see is weight and where to you put all the damn batteries.
I an unsure how hard it would be. If I used a smallish transmission that could fit completely inside the tunnel, (I don't think I need a flywheel with electric motors?) I could possibly have the entire drivetrain inside the tunnel and the batteries upfront where the engine would normally be.
