WHO WE ARE? $529,000 Renovo Coupe electric supercar MAKERS
0-100kmph in sub-3.4 seconds! Built by Silicon Valley-based Renovo Motors and unveiled at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance last week, the forthcoming two-seat EV coupe owes its blistering performance to two mid-mounted axial-flux motors. Maxed out, these combine to produce roughly 500bhp and 1356Nm of torque, with the powertrain capable of offering full power in just 0.037seconds. Fuelling the motors is Renovo’s patent-pending lithium ion battery tech, which is divided into three separate packs to improve weight distribution and can be fast-charged in 30 minutes – a design that helps the Coupe weigh in at 1,474kg.
The cutting-edge underpinnings are housed within a factory-modified Shelby Daytona CSX9000 frame, redesigned by designer Peter Brock, who was keen to retain the classic, race-winning outline. "This shape was nearly perfect 50 years ago, and physics doesn't change much over time," explained Brock, tongue seemingly firmly in cheek. "However, the redesigned car has a totally updated body, frame, suspension, and cabin; it's a new chapter for this chassis.”
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