[Aika Car Car Fun Talk Original]
When Ferrari, Lamborghini and other traditional supercar manufacturers are still formulating the grand plan of the transition to electrification in the next few years, a number of unknown niche labels have sprung up around the world, taking advantage of the technical barriers of the internal combustion engine to be shattered by the tide of electrification, and launched a series of Electric Supercars with a very personal design and amazing horsepower. However, unlike the steady development of the internal combustion engine supercar field that has lasted for decades, the "electric supercar" is really too much of a circle of expansion and almost disorder, when the 6:45.90 New North lap speed of weilai EP9 is still in front of you, the Lotus Evija with a limited capacity of 130 units of 2000 horsepower has not yet opened for delivery, and a wave of back waves can't wait to "shoot" in front of you.
God Vayanne
Deus Automobiles, an electric supercar manufacturer from Vienna, Austria, is the latest player in this "horsepower digital game", and at the just-concluded New York Auto Show, Deus Automobiles showcased its first mass production since its inception in 2020, deus Vayanne, which also beat Aspark Owl, Lotus Evija and Rimac with a power output of 2200 horsepower Nevera and Pininfarina Battista and other strong players have ascended to the throne of "the largest horse power production car" (in terms of the number of production cars, the FIA stipulated an annual production of 25 units or more in 1968; the Guinness World Record in 2014 defined it as at least 30 units per year).
Deus Vayanne, unveiled at the 2022 New York Auto Show, is a new addition to the pure electric supercar segment, and its exaggerated design and terrifying power parameters have attracted a lot of attention.
The power output of 2200 horsepower allows Vayanne to suppress aspark Owl, Lotus Evija and other electric monsters, and secure the position of the most horsepower production car.
Many people may have been critical of Deus Vayanne's exaggerated and slightly rough front and rear design when they first saw it, but this is exactly what Deus Automobiles is proud of: the huge hole in the front face and tail is derived from the infinite symbol "∞" (infinity, infinity) that has different concepts in the fields of theology, philosophy and mathematics, which is also in line with the tone of the car manufacturer, after all, few merchants around the world dare to use "god" to use it as its brand name (Deus means Latin for "god" or "sacred").
Deus Vayanne is limited to 99 units and will not be delivered until 2025, during which it is difficult to predict what will happen. After all, the case of "entrepreneurship is not half and the middle road collapses" is not uncommon in the field of new energy car manufacturing.
Deus translates to "god", and the exaggerated hollow design represents the ∞ of infinite symbols, which is very much in line with the tone of the new forces: fearless, challenging tradition.
Aside from the overly arrogant brand name, Deus doesn't seem to have contributed much to its first production car, the Vayanne: Vayanne can almost be seen as a model outsourced by Deus to Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) and Italdesign, as a Supplier of Foamula E batteries and has a wealth of experience in F1 technology development and tuning, we have mentioned many times before. The British-based engineering company is now arguably one of the world's most successful suppliers of racing technology, including DMC's new electric sports car, Porsche LMDh prototype racing car and other projects; the veteran car design and engineering company Italdesign Giugiaro's position in the automotive industry is needless to say, and the classic models from his hands can be said to be as many as the stars in the sky.
Compared with the wild appearance, Vayanne's interior is much more "gentle", far less exaggerated than the interior design of some low-end pure electric vehicles in China.
The ambience light shape that surrounds the entire cockpit echoes the holes in the front and rear.
Vayanne can be seen as a model outsourced by Deus to Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) and Italdesign, and its electric vehicle architecture is highly compatible, and can be applied to a variety of body forms such as supercars, SUVs, GT, and sedans.
WAE and Italdesign have developed an exclusive architecture for electric vehicles for Vayanne, based on which not only two-seat pure electric supercars such as Vayanne can be developed, but also support the development of SUVs, GT and cars, and are compatible with different power layouts from dual motors to four motors, and can accommodate up to 160kWh batteries. Vayanne can output up to 1641kW (2200 hp), maximum torque of 2000 Nm, official 0-100 km/h acceleration in just 1.99 seconds, and a top speed of 399 km/h. Deus Vayanne is limited to only 99 units and will be delivered in 2025, and its current price has not been announced, but it is conceivable that it will be a sky-high price.
God Vayanne
Rimac Fridge
In the world of electric supercars (if any), the Rimac from Croatia is definitely a long-established brand. Founded in 2009 by young Croatian entrepreneur Mate Rimac, the electric supercar manufacturer launched its first model, the Concept One, in 2011, which was also named the fastest electric model of 2013 with a power output of 913kW (1241 hp) and a 0-100km/h acceleration of 2.5 seconds, and was selected as the race director car in the inaugural FE in 2014.
Rimac founder Mate Rimac's electric supercar road began with this electric modification e30 known as the "green monster".
The Concept One began production in 2013 and initially planned to be limited to 88 units, with a bicycle price of up to $980,000 (about 6.48 million yuan), but it is rumored that only 8 cars eventually went off the production line, and by 2020 the price of the car has reached 1.6 million US dollars (about 10.59 million yuan).
The popularity of Concept One has made Rimac famous, and it has also attracted huge investment from vehicle manufacturing and component companies such as Porsche, Hyundai Kia, and Camel Shares. But for the ambitious Rimac, it was just the beginning: in 2018, Rimac unveiled its second production at the Geneva Motor Show, named Concept Two, and in 2021 renamed Nevera (Croatian for "sudden storm on the Adriatic coastline"). Compared to the Concept One model, this car is also equipped with a four-wheel independent permanent magnet synchronous motor, but the horsepower and battery capacity are greatly improved. It has a maximum power of 1427 kW (1940 hp), a maximum torque of 2360 Nm (more than Deus Vayanne), an acceleration time of only 1.97 seconds from 0 to 100 km/h, only 9.3 seconds for 0-300 km/h acceleration, and a top speed of 412 km/h. Nevera is equipped with a 120kWh ternary lithium battery (Concept One is 90kWh), and the cruising range can reach 550km under the WLTP test standard.
The first thing that made Rimac known to fans around the world in the shortest possible time was the collision of "Mole" Richard Hammond, and the TGT host won The Concept One and Rimac at the cost of a broken knee.
Rimac's success has also attracted a number of OEMs and spare parts suppliers, including Porsche. At the end of 2021, Bugatti, which has been owned by Porsche, and Rimac will form a joint venture, with Rimac holding 55% of the shares of the joint venture and Porsche holding another 45%. Porsche also directly holds a 24% stake in Rimac.
Unlike the Concept One, which did not have large-scale mass production, Nevera has been running to the global market from the beginning, as of the end of 2021, the model has undergone nearly four years of testing work, Nevera has verified the safety test standards for each major market, and has trial produced about 17 test models for the verification work, the car has passed the European crash test, and plans to complete the safety crash test work in the US market in 2022.
Unlike the Concept One, rimac's first production model, the Nevera, came with a "volume" and produced 17 test cars just to pass the safety crash tests in Europe and North America.
It is worth mentioning that all the media people who have driven Nevera have a very high evaluation of the car, except for a few people who feel that its appearance does not reach the "supercar level of passion", they are full of praise for its driving experience, believing that the car has both a terrifying acceleration ability that far exceeds that of fuel vehicles, and also has a very high level of mechanical quality, and its tolerance for drivers is also higher than that of traditional fuel supercars.
The Nevera's maximum power (1427 kW) is slightly inferior to the Deus Vayanne, but the maximum torque (2360 Nm) is greater than that of the Deus Vayanne, whose 0-100 km/h acceleration takes only 1.97 seconds and reaches a top speed of 412 km/h.
The European and American media that have tested the game have rated the Power and Mechanical Qualities of The Nevera highly.
Nevera plans to mass-produce 150 units and sell the bikes at a price of $2.4 million (about 15.89 million yuan).
Nevera plans to mass-produce 150 units, with a bicycle price of $2.4 million (about 15.89 million yuan), originally planned to start mass production in 2020, but due to the covid-19 outbreak, Nevera will mass-produce at Rimac's plant in Veliko Trgovi e, Croatia (Mate Rimac insists on producing Rimac models in Croatia), and the current production capacity is said to be 1 unit per week.
Rimac Fridge
Aspark Owl
Also as a traditional automobile power, Japan in the field of pure electric supercar research and development and manufacturing naturally can not sit by and watch the Europeans alone, at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show, aspark, an automotive engineering company from Japan launched a concept supercar called Owl (owl); at the Dubai International Motor Show in November 2019, Aspark Owl's mass production version of the model was unveiled. It can be said that the Owl car was born with a very clear goal: to become the fastest accelerated pure electric model. In fact, Owl did do this for quite some time.
The Aspark Owl (concept car), unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2017, was hailed as Japan's first pure electric supercar, and it wasn't until two years later at the 2019 Dubai Motor Show that its production version was introduced.
The Owl body height is only 99cm, so it is officially called the lowest legal electric supercar by Aspark.
Strictly speaking, Owl can be regarded as a joint development between Aspark and Manifattura Automobili Torino (MAT), a well-known Italian automotive engineering and design company, Manifattura Automobili Torino provided electronic control technical support for Owl, and in order to achieve the goal of the model's "fastest pure electric model", MAT also designed an exclusive catapult system (Advanced Electronic Launch Control), which assists it in accelerating from 0-100km/h in 1.9 seconds, still retains the name of the fastest pure electric supercar.
Owl was developed by Aspark in collaboration with Manifattura Automobili Torino (MAT), a well-known Italian automotive engineering and design company, and the founders and CEOs of the two companies, Masanori Yoshida (left) and Paolo Garella.
The Aspark Owl features a carbon fiber one-piece body design with a net weight of only 120 kg and a large number of stainless steel supports to reinforce the body, while Owl is also equipped with a carbon ceramic braking system with a front 10 pistons and a rear 4 pistons.
With a maximum power output of 1480 kW (2012 hp), Owl accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in just 1.9 seconds and reaches a top speed of 400 km/h. Owl had been the holder of the title of "the most powerful car for horses" until the advent of Deus Vayanne.
Owl sold a limited edition of 50 units for 2.9 million euros (about 20.34 million yuan), similar to the domestic price of Lotus Evija (21.88 million yuan).
The Aspark Owl is powered by a four-wheel independent motor with a maximum power of 1480 kW (2012 hp), a maximum torque of 2000 Nm and a top speed of 400 km/h. Owl is equipped with a battery capacity of only 64kWh, but Aspark claims that the car has a range of 451km under the NEDC test standard; Owl has a limited edition of 50 units, and the bicycle costs 2.9 million euros (about 20.34 million yuan), and the car has been officially released in September 2020.
Elation Freedom
After watching the "fastest electric supercar" from Europe and Japan, how can there be no work from Uncle Sam: Elation Hypercar from California, USA (the name is so blunt) launched its first model in 7 years since its establishment in November 2020 - Elation Freedom, a handmade pure electric supercar that can accommodate 3-4 motors.
Elation Freedom, launched by California supercar manufacturer Elation Hypercar, not only uses a pure electric power system with different versions of three motors and four motors, but also plans to launch a fuel version (expected to be equipped with the same 5.2L V10 engine as the Audi R8).
The establishment of Elation Hypercar itself is quite a story, the two founders Carlos Satulovsky and Mauro Saravia are both from Argentina, and the two have known each other since the 1980s, when the two planned to cooperate in the development and manufacture of light aircraft, but the domestic turbulent political situation made the plan stillborn, Carlos Satulovsky later immigrated to the United States, Mauro Saravia remained in Argentina as a racing engineer. It was not until 2014 that the two met in the United States that the 2.0 version of the joint venture plan was launched.
The two Founders' perennial careers as engineers laid the groundwork for their first automotive creation, elation Freedom features a one-piece body design made of a carbon fiber-Kevlar hybrid that combines light weight and robustness. The Elation Freedom rear axle is equipped with a two-speed transmission and uses F1's double wishbone titanium front and rear suspension structure to ensure its driving performance.
Elation Freedom body weight of 45:55, vehicle mass of 1650kg, in the pure electric supercar is a relatively lightweight runner, in addition to the car also draws on F1's double wishbone titanium alloy front and rear suspension structure, its track performance can be expected.
Elation Freedom's powertrain, supplied by BorgWarner subsidiary Cascadia Motion, has a maximum power output of 1064 kW (1422 hp) and a maximum torque of 1440 Nm in the three-motor version and 1416 kW (1925 hp) in the quad version. Its official 0-100km/h acceleration takes only 1.8 seconds, and the maximum speed is 418km/h (electronic speed limit).
Elation Freedom's powertrain is provided by Cascadia Motion, a subsidiary of BorgWarner.
Elation Freedom can choose between 100kWh and 120kWh battery versions, the 100kWh version of the model has a range of 482km (no test standards have been announced, the same below), and the 120kWh version of the model can increase the mileage to 644km. Interestingly, in addition to the all-electric version, Freedom also plans to provide a fuel version, and is expected to purchase the same 5.2L V10 engine for the Audi R8.
Elation Freedom is available in 100kWh and 120kWh battery versions, with a range of 482km for the 100kWh version and 644km for the 120kWh version.
The Pure Electric Version of Elation Freedom starts at about $2 million (13.24 million yuan), and although it is not supplied in limited quantities, its 25 units/year production capacity is no different from the limited quantity.
Elation Freedom's planned gasoline version is expected to sell for around $2.3 million (15.23 million yuan), while the all-electric version will cost about $2 million (13.24 million yuan). Elation Hypercar doesn't set production limits on Freedom, but currently has a production capacity of just 25 units/year. Production of the vehicle began in the first quarter of 2022, with delivery times to be determined.
Conclusion: Unlike the product strategies adopted by most of the new power manufacturers in China, the first stop of many overseas new labels entering the field of new energy vehicles will often choose the top segment of the supercar, and the consumer groups they face are undoubtedly top players, more gold and willing to taste early, with higher tolerance, more focused on the core competitiveness of the product (specific to the supercar, that is, as long as there is enough explosive performance, the other few can be ignored); at the same time, at the publicity level, The radical design makes the performance data of internal combustion engine models more topical and reporting value, and it is more likely to win the favor of the media.
Such a choice is undoubtedly easier to start the brand, and at the same time, in the early stage, the brand tone can be positioned in the highest gear; the marketing model of the high price of bicycles plus the upper limit of sales is also more conducive to withdrawing funds as soon as possible, so that even if it does not attract the father of the gold lord for the time being, there is still a chance to start the next product plan as soon as possible, and try to circle a wave of investment with a new story. So, maybe it won't be long before we can launch another similar piece of content, and I believe that there will be a new wave of players among them.
Aspark Owl/Elation Freedom