Renovo Motors has announced that its dinky Shelby Daytona-based electric supercar is almost ready for public consumption. Better get ready, public, because there's a lot to consume.
The American company took the opportunity of last weekend's Pebble Beach Concours (where some Ferraris sold for - cue Dr Evil close-up - many millions of dollars) to reveal a near-production ready prototype of its all-electric two-seater.
Renovo, if you're unaware, was founded in 2010 and works out of California's Silicon Valley. Its first - and only - project is this EV Coupe, and is said to showcase the company's patent-pending electric technology, on which Renovo has been working ‘in stealth mode' since the company's formation.
It's also unquestionably cool, too, because that Tomorrow's World drivetrain is all wrapped up in a factory-modified Shelby Daytona CSX9000 chassis and body.
"The shape was nearly perfect 50 years ago," explains Renovo advisor and award-winning designer Peter Brock. "The redesigned car has a totally updated body, frame, suspension and cabin - it's a new chapter for this chassis," he added.
So, that's the outside, but what about the inside? Here's where everything gets fast. A pair of mid-mounted twin sequential axial-flux motors (very Back To The Future, no?) each drive a rear wheel, mapped to produce a combined power output of 500bhp and - get this - a whopping 1000lb ft of torque.
These are fed by a lithium-ion battery pack, which can be fast-charged in just 30 minutes.
But we know you don't care about fast-charging and range (no figure has been provided for the latter, but don't expect it to be especially large). You care about acceleration. Well, with that 500bhp and 1000lb ft propelling a 1475kg package, the Renovo coupe can accelerate from 0-60mph in 3.4 seconds - three point four - and top out at 120mph.
"We have poured our passion and innovation into the Coupe in an effort to deliver a truly amazing driving experience," says Renovo CEO Christopher Heiser.
Pre-sales have already begun, with a limited series production run scheduled for 2015. No word on price, but expect it to be hefty. Is this the world's coolest EV supercar?
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