In the era of electrification led by E-Car Original in China, Europe, the United States, etc., we have seen too many pure electric SUVs and cars, but pure electric sports cars seem to be almost blank. Now it's time to change your taste and find your driving passion again!
Tesla, BMW, Toyota, Lexus, Lotus, MG and more will all launch new pure electric sports car products in the foreseeable future. In addition, we will look forward to these upcoming new pure electric sports cars for easy car users in advance.
● Tesla Roadster
Do you remember Tesla's start? It is the original Tesla Roadster that was transformed by Lotus Elise, and it is precisely because of its existence that it has opened the sunshine avenue of today's phenomenon-level car companies, accelerated the electrification transformation of the global passenger car market, and has today's world's richest man, Musk.
The new Tesla Roadster is expected to debut in 2023, the new car was originally scheduled to be put into production in 2020 plans were disrupted by the epidemic, and the current situation is facing a shortage of car chips, so on the premise that the situation does not worsen, the car may be delivered in the same year as the debut, although the car appearance time may jump again, but it will come.
The new Tesla Roadster has three built-in electric motors, one at the front and two at the rear, and the drive form is four-wheel drive, with a peak torque of up to 10,000 Nm. 0-96 km/h acceleration takes only 1.9 seconds, the top speed can reach 400 km /h, and the cruising range is more than 1000 km/h.
Judging from the latest news, Tesla will provide the Roadster with a SpaceX optional package. With the blessing of air-conditioned thrusters, the performance of the new car will be improved again, so that the acceleration time of the new car from 0-96 km / h is only 1.1 seconds, and even has the ability to fly (off the ground) for a short time. At present, Tesla has not announced the price of the SpaceX optional package. However, officials previously said that Roadster 2 was priced at $200,000 (about 1.288 million yuan).
● Lotus Type 135
Lotus plans to launch a new pure electric sports car Type 135, which is expected to debut in 2026, will have a new exterior and interior design, and will inherit the powerful sportiness and driving pleasure of Lotus sports car, it will also become a new entry-level product to replace Elise, which is expected to be priced at about $96,000 in the future, equivalent to about 610,000 yuan.
Lotus executives said in an interview that although the Type 135 is a pure electric sports car, it will still maintain Lotus's signature handling pleasure, with excellent power, aerodynamics and lightweight design, while benefiting from the compact layout of the electric drive system, the car will also have more storage capacity and other advantages.
Type 135 will be based on the E-Sports platform, the technical level can provide dual motor four-wheel drive, single motor rear drive force layout, the future of the car may also have torque vectoring control function, the motor power may reach 827 horsepower, provide 66.4 kWh and 99.6 kWh battery pack, the cruising range is about 482 km and 724 km respectively.
● MG Cyberster
THE MG Cyberster pure electric sports car or will be officially unveiled in 2024, may become part of the MG brand centennial celebration, the future production version of the model will highly retain the design of the previous concept car, and will still focus on the price-friendly pure electric sports car positioning. MG, as a brand of SAIC Motor, the birth of this new pure electric sports car will be more worthy of the expectations of Chinese consumers.
On May 6, 2021, MG officially announced the mass production of the Cyberster concept car, after MG officially said that it had crowdfunded to 5,000 copies, and mass-produced it, and the number of crowdfunding had exceeded 5,000 when the official mass production was announced. At the same time, the official also said that the mass-produced version of the model will highly restore the concept car, and will leave a user mark on the product.
"Cyber" means network in English, "ster" is the meaning of roadster open tent sports car, and according to the setting this is a two-seater convertible electric sports car, the official design parameters are NEDC 800 km, 100 km acceleration only 3 seconds.
In the previously unveiled Cyberster concept car, the traditional grille design was cancelled from the front face, and the entire front was pressed as low as possible, showing a strong low lying posture, while the rounded line design also met the needs of aerodynamic performance. The headlights use a classic round shape, while the designer reserves multiple light guides in the lampshade, which can be lit in a certain order to achieve a dynamic blinking effect.
It features a slender front compartment, a rear A-pillar, a pressed-down light rear, and an overall center of gravity that pays homage to the silhouette of a classic sports car like a shuttle in the 60s. And because it has electric properties, it also uses LED strips on the waist line, eliminating the chrome decoration of the transmission. In addition, the body size of the new car announced is 4410/1725/1132 mm, which is relatively short and concise overall.
Coming to the rear, you can see that the rear design of mg Cyberster is also more special, it adopts a Kamback design, which is also a classic design technique, with a horizontal tail and a vertical down-cut side to form a clear section, but also can have better aerodynamic performance. In addition, the tail lights, side air outlets and spoilers at the bottom are integrated into them, making the overall appearance more concise.
● Porsche 718 pure electric successor
The news that the Successor to porsche 718 pure electricity may be put into production in 2023 also indirectly indicates that the new car may be officially unveiled before the end of 2023, for which Porsche has planned to invest about 3.6 billion yuan in the Zuffenhausen plant in Germany for production preparation.
At the same time, according to foreign media reports, the successor of Porsche 718 pure electricity will be built based on the PPE architecture jointly developed with Audi, and Porsche's new Macan pure electric SUV will also be built through the PPE architecture at the Leipzig plant in Germany.
The Porsche 718 pure electric successor will be based on the exterior, interior and technical solutions presented in the Mission R concept car. Relevant people said that the focus of future mass production cars is on the handling feeling, use feedback feeling and sound texture, while acceleration ability and absolute performance are not so important, and in order to reduce weight, the dual motor system may not be suitable.
● BMW Neue Klasse platform sports car
BMW also recently revealed the idea of its new pure electric supercar, the new car is expected to be based on BMW's latest Neue Klasse platform, if the mass production is determined, it may be unveiled in 2025, will become the bmw M1 pure electric era successor.
Earlier, when asked about the lack of halo-level products matching bmw M1 in its lineup, bmw executives said that it was not right to say so, and we could completely depict a highly appealing product through the matrix of the Neue Klasse platform. This remark is also equivalent to indirectly indicating the possibility of launching a high-performance pure electric sports car in the future.
Previously, BMW had released the VISION M NEXT concept car, which also showed that BMW has plans to launch a new pure electric supercar, with the development of pure electric drive and battery technology, as well as the further reduction of costs, with the power of the Neue Klasse platform, the possibility of mass production of the car will be higher and higher.
● Lexus LFA pure electric successor
Lexus previously released the official image of The Electrified Sport, which could become the LFA's pure electric successor, a pure electric supercar that is expected to use a solid-state battery, a range of more than 700 km/ h, and an acceleration time of 0-100 km/ h in less than 2 seconds.
Lexus claims that the electrification movement concept symbolizes the future of the brand, which means two things. One of them is the new design language, where we can see the future of electric vehicles across the entire product line. The other is with pure electric drives, and Lexus aims to become an all-electric brand by 2035.
It is also worth mentioning that Lexus has an electric motion concept. Lexus wanted a unified driving experience across all of its automotive ranges. This is known as the Lexus Driving Signature, which means that the vehicle's linear response "is always faithful to the driver's intent, seamlessly connecting deceleration, steering and acceleration at all times." ”
On the technical side, Lexus aims to power new cars with solid-state batteries that, if possible, will have a range of more than 700 kilometers (435 miles). In terms of performance, the acceleration time of the new car from 0-100 km / h will be less than 2 seconds.
In terms of styling, we saw that this sports car has a streamlined vehicle shape and exaggerated aerodynamic design, and even has a "double bubble" design on the roof. In addition, the design of the lamp group still adopts the new Lexus electric model family-style triangle design.
● Toyota GR Sports EV
Gr Sports EV was unveiled at toyota's electric vehicle strategy conference at the end of last year, and it may be a Toyota version of Lexus Electrified Sport, which will be deeply involved in research and development and design by Toyota's Gazoo Racing division. At the same time, we can see that its body proportions are like a resurrection of toyota's classic mid-range sports car MR2.
According to the news previously reported by foreign media, Toyota related people said in an interview that the future new Toyota MR2 may be jointly developed with Porsche, although this news can not be finalized before the official announcement, but it is speculated that the new Toyota MR2 at that time may be the current Toyota GR Sports EV.
Now, combined with the news that the successor of the Porsche 718 pure electric is likely to be put into production in 2023, perhaps Toyota will continue the cooperation discussion at Porsche. You know, today's BMW Z4 and Toyota GR Supra sports cars are built on the same platform, and it is also a model for toyota and BMW cooperation.
● Alpine pure electric sports car
Alpine pure electric sports car can be understood as the pure electric successor of A110, it may be based on the same platform as Lotus's new pure electric sports car Type 135, is expected to be unveiled in 2026, considering that lotus Type 135 is priced at about 610,000 yuan, it is estimated that the ALPINE pure electric sports car should also be the same level.
Similarly, based on the Lotus Type 135, which can provide dual-motor four-wheel drive, single motor rear drive layout, motor power may reach 827 horsepower, provide 66.4 kWh and 99.6 kWh battery packs, and the mileage is about 482 km and 724 km respectively, alpine pure electric sports car should not be too bad.
● Pininfarina Battista
Pininfarina Battista, which will be officially delivered in early 2022, will be equipped with a sharp mark's electric drive system, positioned as an electric supercar, will be equipped with 4 electric motors, 0-100 km / h acceleration time of less than 2 seconds, the top speed of 350 km / h, will be limited to 150 units, priced at 2.2 million US dollars (about 13.9 million yuan).
In terms of design, the Pininfarina Battista mass production version will use an extremely lightweight carbon fiber body, and maintain a high degree of similarity with the previously released Battista Anniversario in terms of styling, the front face part has a penetrating LED light source, and the body is a typical supercar low-slung flat shape.
In terms of interior design, the Pininfarina Battista mass production version also uses a large number of LCD dashboards to display vehicle information, you can see that there are three LCD screens from left to right behind the steering wheel, you can see the flat-bottom steering wheel in the style of racing, and the sports seats look like they are made of fur material.
In terms of power, the new car will be equipped with four electric motors, with a maximum power of 1417 kW and a maximum torque of 2300 Nm. The acceleration time of the vehicle is less than 2 seconds from 0-100 km/h, less than 12 seconds from 0-300 km/h, the top speed of the vehicle is 350 km/h, and in terms of endurance, the vehicle is equipped with a battery pack of 120 kWh and has a range of 500 km.
● Bugatti pure electric sports car
After the establishment of the Bugatti Rimac joint venture last November, CEO Mate Rimac said that the successor of the Bugatti Chimac will come out in 2024, and also said that the internal combustion engine still has a future, when fans will be surprised when they see the new supercar, it will have unprecedented features of the production car.
Therefore, it is reasonable to speculate that Bugatti will make long-term plans for the needs of potential consumer groups, environmental regulations, and the transition to pure electrification, and Chiron's successor is likely to achieve more through a hybrid system while retaining the 8.0T quad-turbo W16 engine.
However, we can also clearly see the future of Bugatti, in the Bugatti Rimac joint venture of the main shareholders volkswagen group, Porsche are actively opening the electrification transformation, Remark itself is a pure electric supercar manufacturer under the premise that Bugatti has inevitably launched pure electric supercar in the future.
● Ferrari pure electric sports car
Not long ago, a patent for a Ferrari pure electric sports car was published in the United States. This patent demonstrates Ferrari's chassis design concept, capable of supporting hybrid or pure electric power. In addition, Ferrari chairman John Elkann said Ferrari's first pure electric car will come out in 2025.
Ferrari's patent reveals a design that uses multiple battery packs and sandwiches them between the chassis and the car case. The focus of the patent is to keep the chassis rigid, while also having room to install batteries. The idea was to create a frame to support the vehicle and attach it to a base that houses the battery. These parts are fixed together to form a complete structure that makes up the floor of the car.
In the figure, BT1 refers to the first battery pack and BT2 is the second battery pack. The first battery pack is under the passenger compartment, which is wide but thin, making room for passengers. Behind the passengers, the second battery pack has plenty of room to increase the height. Because of the shape of the area, the company says it can support cylindrical, prismatic or bag-shaped batteries.
The patent documents state that this setup can be used for both hybrid and pure electric vehicles. The internal combustion engine can still be installed on the front or rear of the car's battery.
● Maserati MC20 Pure Electric Edition
Maserati officially released the MC20 convertible version of the prototype car spy photo, in addition to the coupe version that has been launched, the Maserati MC20 sports car will also launch a pure electric version of the model in the future. Both the convertible and the electric version are expected to be released within 2022.
It is worth mentioning that the Maserati MC20 pure electric version may be called "MC20 Folgore", and "Folgore" means Italian lightning. In addition, it is expected that all pure electric models of Maserati will add the word "Folgore" as a suffix in the future.
According to the current information, the Maserati MC20 Folgore will have an advanced electric drive system, which may be driven by three electric motors, which can easily exceed the power of the fuel car's 3.0T V6 engine 630 horsepower. The appearance of the pure electric version of the model will have obvious changes, which will minimize the air intake design, reduce the wind resistance coefficient, and improve the aerodynamic efficiency.
● Lamborghini pure electric sports car
Lamborghini's new pure electric sports car may be launched worldwide between 2027 and 2028, the new car may be based on the SSP platform of the Volkswagen Group, the biggest highlight is that it will become the brand's first pure electric model, which is of great significance.
In fact, as early as Last May, Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann, when introducing future company plans, said that he would start a comprehensive electrification transformation, achieve hybridization of all product lines by 2024, and will launch a fourth new product after Aventador, Huracán and Urus.
Asterion LPI 910-4 Concept Car
Summarizing the previous news, it can be known that Lamborghini's fourth new product will be a pure electric sports car, and may be a pure electric GT sports car with a "2+2" seat layout, which has stronger versatility than its other sports car products, and the new car may have the latest design elements displayed by the Asterion LPI 910-4 concept car, perhaps based on the latest SSP platform.
Summary: Pure electric sports cars will be launched intensively before 2030
In the policy planning formulated by the world's major developed industrial countries, 2030 is an extremely important time node, when the proportion of pure electric passenger cars will increase significantly, so before that, in order to strengthen the market as much as possible, many pure electric new cars will come to everyone.
We can see that not only Tesla,a pure electric focus manufacturer will launch a pure electric sports car, BMW, Toyota and other traditional fuel car brands are not behind, and even Bugatti, Ferrari, Maserati and Lamborghini, which focus on super-large displacement engines, will launch pure electric models and completely open pure electrification transformation.
Finally, I would like to tell you that there is no need to feel too much about the current situation that large-displacement fuel engines may disappear, counting the inertia cycle after 2030, from now on, at least in the next 10-15 years, everyone can still hear the loud voice of the internal combustion engine.