Hello, pricey readers and riders! Welcome again to our weekly EV information protection. This week, we’ll be overlaying an electrical convertible sportscar, GM’s street to EV profitability, know-how that may cost a automobile in 72 seconds, and extra. What EV tales resonate with you? We’d love to listen to your ideas! Be happy to succeed in out to us at stephanie@thevintagent.com along with your suggestions, suggestions, and questions. Let’s roll.
College of Michigan College students Construct e-Superbike
The Atlas e-Bike from the UM crew. [Leo Lavigne]
College of Michigan engineering college students just lately constructed an e-Superbike that may attain speeds of 160mph. Dubbed the ATLAS, the e-Motorbike is about to compete in worldwide races and is constructed from a 2001 Yamaha R1 body.
Meet the New Electrical Convertible Sports activities Automotive
Meet the brand new Undertaking Thunderball, with a little bit of William Lyons within the inspo combine. Take your cues from the perfect, no? [Weismann]
German automaker Wiesmann just lately revealed its new electrified sports activities automobile, the Undertaking Thunderball. The 2-seater convertible is the primary of its type in the marketplace and is outfitted with twin electrical rear-mid-mounted motors. Churning out 680 ponies to the rear wheels, the Undertaking Thunderball can go from 0 to 62mph in simply 2.9 seconds. The carbon-fiber body makes the car gentle as a feather, clocking in at simply 3,747 kilos. The EV has a goal vary of about 310 miles as a consequence of its high-voltage battery capability.
GM is On the Street to EV Profitability
Just lately, Basic Motors acknowledged that the corporate’s EV revenue margins may equal these of its internal-combustion fashions by 2025. The automaker is counting on tax credit of as much as $7,500 to drive extra EV gross sales. “We count on our EV portfolio might be worthwhile in 2025, together with projected greenhouse fuel advantages and revenues from software program after-sales. And that is earlier than the advantages of the brand new clean- vitality tax credit,” CEO Mary Barra defined at GM’s Buyers Day on November 17 in New York.
Fiat’s New EV Sizzling Rod
Fiat Abarth EV. An electrical scorpion? [FIAT]
Fiat just lately unveiled its new 2023 Fiat 500 Abarth, an electric-battery sizzling rod that makes 173 lb-ft of torque and 155hp. That includes a 42kWh battery pack, the compact automobile has about 200 miles price of vary and may go from 0 to 62mph in seven seconds.
New Expertise Makes 72-Second Charging Instances Potential
Swiss startup Morand just lately launched its Morand e-Expertise, which guarantees to recharge a automobile in as little as 72 seconds. The hybrid system mates chemical battery and ultracapacitor capabilities and is right for EVs that require semi-frequent costs of 5 minutes or much less, together with e-Bikes and metropolis automobiles.
Lancia Rebrands Itself as an EV Maker
Et tu, Lancia? A conceptual sketch of Lancia’s EV, with a nod in the direction of their 1970 Stratos HF Zero. [Lancia]
Lancia just lately unveiled a brand new design language and brand in preparation to enter the EV sector. Impressed by the long-lasting Delta and Ypsilon fashions, the brand new branding initiatives will place the Italian automaker as a luxurious EV model. Its first idea, the Pu+Ra Zero, is slated to hit the market in 2024. “Born from the crasis of the phrases ‘Pure’ and ‘Radical,’ Lancia Pu+Ra Design is the title of (Lancia’s) new and sustainable design language, which impressed the long run model of Lancia automobiles, and that might be distinctive and destined to final,” Lancia defined.
Archer Releases New Manufacturing eVTOL
Giant-scale electrical planes are very a lot innovative, and we’ll see how they fly… [Archer]
Archer Aviation just lately unveiled its new four-seater electrical plane, Midnight. The eVTOL can attain speeds of as much as 150mph and fly so far as 60 miles. The corporate desires to certify the eVTOL with the Federal Aviation Administration in 2024.
Stephanie Weaver is the EV Editor at The Vintagent, and a Philadelphia-based freelance author. When she’s not locked to her laptop computer, she could be discovered using horses and bikes.
