Another 1,000-hp electric supercar startup from China

[qwerrty]

China's Techrules to show 1,030bhp turbine electric car at Geneva
17 Feb, 2016 10:10am

Chinese firm's Turbine-Recharging Electric Vehicle (TREV) promises range of over 1,240 miles

New Chinese start-up Techrules is hoping to stun us all at Geneva 2016 with a turbine-recharged electric hypercar. The 'TREV' concept claims a Bugatti-rivaling figure of 1,030bhp, and a range of over 1,242 miles.

The Geneva Motor Show, which opens its doors at the start of March, has a reputation for throwing up some wild and wacky concepts. Techrules could be leading the pack with this one if the claimed figures are anything to go by, but all we've seen of the exterior is this sneaky teaser image.

Specific details of the revolutionary powertrain aren't revealed yet, but it looks likely to be a similar system to the one first seen on the Jaguar C-X75 supercar. The quoted figures are way beyond anything we've seen before, however.

Two cars can be seen under white sheets in this image, suggesting a race-specced version could be shown alongside a road-ready model. Given this is the first we've heard of it, the Techrules turbine car could still be a long way off production

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/geneva-motor-show/94426/chinas-techrules-to-show-1030bhp-turbine-electric-car-at-geneva
http://www.autoblog.com/2016/02/17/techrules-turbine-hybrid-geneva/

 

[qwerrty]

electric/hybrid supercars with 1000hp from China

Techrules
Faraday Future
NEXTEV
BAIC and Atieva
BYD is working on one too

not supercar

Tencent and Foxconn
Xiaomi?

 

[cirr]

electric/hybrid supercars with 1000hp from china

Techrules
Faraday Future
NEXTEV
BAIC and Atieva
BYD is working on one too

not supercar

tencent and Foxconn
xiaomi?

BYD “Han”

Here comes another one

Wed Feb 17, 2016 10:05am EST

Aston Martin to develop electric car with China's LeEco

FRANKFURT | BY EDWARD TAYLOR

The badge of an Aston Martin DB10 is displayed at a UK Trade and Investment event in London, Britain October 21, 2015.

REUTERS/NEIL HALL

Aston Martin set up a venture with Chinese consumer electronics group LeEco to jointly develop the British luxury car brand's first electric vehicle, an example of the deepening ties between the technology and automotive industries.

Companies like Alphabet and LeEco are developing automotive expertise because they want to broaden their reach beyond computers and cellphones into cars, while automakers want Internet connectivity to give drivers live traffic updates and infotainment.

Aston Martin and LeEco said they plan to develop an electric car based on the British automaker's Rapide S model, before developing other potential electric vehicles, including for LeEco. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

"It brings Aston Martin's electric car project forward," Aston Martin Chief Executive Andy Palmer said at a news conference in Frankfurt, adding it would come to market in 2018, and be built in Gaydon, England.

LeEco, a consumer electronics company which offers branded content via the Internet, television set top boxes and smartphones, hopes to use its captive audience and celebrity endorsements to promote cars in future.

"In China we have around 300 million people who visit our website. We could advertise the Aston Martin for free. And we can use celebrities to promote our vehicle. This is the way we do business," said Lei Ding, co-founder of LeEco's auto division. He previously held senior positions at joint ventures of Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) and General Motors in China, said.

The electric car development platform by Aston and LeEco could also be used by Faraday Future, a start-up electric car firm backed by Chinese billionaire Jia Yueting, the companies said.

"Aston can offer expertise in ride, handling refinement and those sorts of things," Palmer said.

China's government is promoting electric vehicles to cut the smog that frequently envelops its cities, which officials say helped sales quadruple last year and has turned China into the world's biggest market.

An electric car joint venture of Taiwan's Hon Hai, China's Tencent and China Harmony Auto Holding said this month it was hiring former BMW executive Carsten Breitfeld to lead it.

Harmony Futeng, launched last March, is one of several Chinese tech companies trying to develop "smart" and electric vehicles. These include Alibaba, Baidu and Leshi Internet Information and Technology Corp Beijing, recently rebranded as LeEco.

(Reporting by Edward Taylor; Writing by Ludwig Burger, Georgina Prodhan and Edward Taylor; Editing by Maria Sheahan and Susan Fenton)

Aston Martin to develop electric car with China's LeEco| Reuters

 

[Skull and Bones]

any proper picture of the car?

 

[cirr]

BYD E6: Chinese electric vehicle could be coming to Australia



by Paul Maric

Senior Road Tester

1 days ago

The Chinese BYD E6 all-electric vehicle could be on its way to Australia in the near future, if a recent registration with a government regulatory website is a preview of things to come.

The registration details suggest that Chinese car maker BYD Automotive could be within a year of launching a vehicle in Australia – potentially through Sydney-based distributor Ateco, which also distributes Chinese brands Great Wall, Chery and LDV.

We spoke with Ateco communications consultant Daniel Cotterill, who suggested the company is on business terms with BYD Automotive.



“There will be a place in the market for low-cost electric vehicles and Tesla has shown that it can do well with a high-end and high-performance product. Over time, we are likely to see the introduction of electric cars from the likes of Japan and China,” Cotterill said.

“In addition to cars, BYD produces other products such as electronic and solar components that are sold globally.”

“We have no formal relationship with BYD at the moment, but are on talking terms with the company.”



The BYD Automotive E6 is a zero-emissions vehicle that a driving range of 300 kilometres from an 80kWh battery pack, with a charging time of two hours from a 40kW AC charger.

Weighing in at a portly 2380kg, the BYD E6 is driven by a 90kW/450Nm electric motor, while its battery pack lists a 10-year lifetime.

Positioned as a crossover between the SUV and people-mover segments, the BYD E6 seats five.



Would you like to see the BYD Automotive E6 in Australia?

BYD E6:: Chinese electric vehicle could be coming to Australia

any proper picture of the car?

BYD “Han” with 0-100km/h acceleration of 2.9s

 

[Jlaw]

China's Techrules to show 1,030bhp turbine electric car at Geneva
17 Feb, 2016 10:10am

Chinese firm's Turbine-Recharging Electric Vehicle (TREV) promises range of over 1,240 miles

New Chinese start-up Techrules is hoping to stun us all at Geneva 2016 with a turbine-recharged electric hypercar. The 'TREV' concept claims a Bugatti-rivaling figure of 1,030bhp, and a range of over 1,242 miles.

The Geneva Motor Show, which opens its doors at the start of March, has a reputation for throwing up some wild and wacky concepts. Techrules could be leading the pack with this one if the claimed figures are anything to go by, but all we've seen of the exterior is this sneaky teaser image.

Specific details of the revolutionary powertrain aren't revealed yet, but it looks likely to be a similar system to the one first seen on the Jaguar C-X75 supercar. The quoted figures are way beyond anything we've seen before, however.

Two cars can be seen under white sheets in this image, suggesting a race-specced version could be shown alongside a road-ready model. Given this is the first we've heard of it, the Techrules turbine car could still be a long way off production

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/geneva-motor-show/94426/chinas-techrules-to-show-1030bhp-turbine-electric-car-at-geneva
http://www.autoblog.com/2016/02/17/techrules-turbine-hybrid-geneva/

the true test is I want to see a competition between TREV supercar vs Porsche 218 vs Maclaren P1.

 

[powastick]

I'm more interested on how it works.

 

[TaiShang]

Harmony Futeng scopes out Shenzhen
By Liang Fei Source:Global Times Published: 2016-2-19 5:03:02


Electric car maker considers city as site for headquarters

Electric cars charge at a public charging station in Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei Province in January. Photo: CFP

Harmony Futeng, the electric car maker formed by Internet giant Tencent Holdings, Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co and luxury car dealer China Harmony Auto Holding, may headquarter in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong Province, a report said Tuesday.

The reason is that major shareholders already have a strong foothold in Shenzhen, finance newspaper 21st Century Business Herald reported, citing a source close to the firm.

Tencent itself is headquartered in the city and Hon Hai has production facilities there.

Harmony Futeng, formed in July 2015, has received a lot of media attention recently after some top talent in the auto industry announced they were joining the firm. Carsten Breitfeld, former BMW i8 project manager, was hired as the CEO of Harmony Futeng and Daniel Kirchert, former China head of premium brand Infiniti, was hired as the chief operating officer, Harmony Futeng announced on January 27.

The company said in October 2015 that it is planning to start mass production in 2018, but the 21st Century Business Herald report said that so far its R&D unit only has around 50 members.

Zhang Zhiyong, a Beijing-based industry analyst, said that to churn out a car in three years is an "ambitious and even unrealistic" goal, given the high threshold of entry.

"But to set such an ambitious goal could gain publicity, which could help promote the brand," he told the Global Times Tuesday.

In the new firm, Hon Hai is expected to offer expertise in design and manufacturing; Tencent will add Internet features to the products and China Harmony will focus on sales and promotion, the report said.

Electric car rush

A growing number of Internet companies in China, such as streaming video company Le Holdings (Beijing) Co - better known as Letv, have shown interest in producing electric cars, encouraged by the sector's rapid growth and the government's support policies.

In January, total production of pure electric passenger vehicles surged three times to 7,952 units, according to data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) on Tuesday.

In 2015, the number also surged three times to 142,800 units, according to data released by MIIT .

Letv has made some progress in making electric cars. Faraday Future, a Silicon-Valley start-up backed by Letv Chairman Jia Yueting, showcased its first electric concept car in the US in January.

But for NextEV, a start-up founded by Li Bin, chairman of New York-listed Bitauto Holdings Ltd and backed by Internet behemoths such as JD.com Inc founder Liu Qiangdong and Lei Jun, CEO of Xiaomi Technology, progress has been slow.

The MIIT may release the first batch of licenses for qualified new-energy vehicle makers in March, recent media reports said.

MIIT Minister Miao Wei told media in November 2015 that these licenses will be issued to several non-automakers.

"Securing a license will be the foremost task for firms like Harmony Futeng at present," Zhang noted.

 

[21stCentury]

Instead of making these outrageous 1000+ HP super cars, Chinese auto manufacturers should focus on designing and making 300-500 HP performance cars.

 

[Jlaw]

Instead of making these outrageous 1000+ HP super cars, Chinese auto manufacturers should focus on designing and making 300-500 HP performance cars.

The technology from everyday cars come from supercars. I know where you're coming from though. Why bother making a 1000 hp super car when your "normal" cars are not to Japanese standard yet.

 

[21stCentury]

The technology from everyday cars come from supercars. I know where you're coming from though. Why bother making a 1000 hp super car when your "normal" cars are not to Japanese standard yet.

Exactly. Priorities are in the wrong place and that needs to be fixed.

 

[powastick]

The technology from everyday cars come from supercars. I know where you're coming from though. Why bother making a 1000 hp super car when your "normal" cars are not to Japanese standard yet.

Company get branding and prestige. Besides you are selling at extraordinary profit margins to make it worthwhile, making the rich spend.

 

[qwerrty]

looks like we have another one

BMW i8 Project Manager Becomes CEO Of Chinese Electric Car Start Up
5 hours ago

More key employees previously engaged in the BMW i project are leaving BMW to join electric start-ups.

After Richard Kim – founding member of BMW i Design and Lead Designer, i3 and i8 concepts moved to Faraday Future, BMW i8 project manager Carsten Breitfeld and Daniel Kirchert, responsible for the sales division in China, have also parted ways with BMW.

Carsten Breitfeld is now the CEO of Smart Electric Car (Daniel Kirchert took COO), a mystery Chinese start-up, backed by Foxconn (electronics company), Tencent (Internet company) and Harmony Auto (Chinese car dealer).

The goal is apparently high-quality electric cars that will be sold in China and globally. But we will just have to wait and see the result.

http://insideevs.com/bmw-i8-project-manager-becomes-ceo-of-chinese-electric-car-start-up/

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[qwerrty]

lol another one from startup called windbooster

500 horsepower and 738 lb.-ft. of torque

 

[JSCh]

Techrules shows how to make EVs interesting: Just add a jet engine

Turbine-powered range extender supercar is just the beginning for Chinese tech firm.

Andrew Noakes - Mar 9, 2017 9:08 pm UTC


Like all auto shows, Geneva has its share of vaporware projects that never go beyond the first hopeful display of dreams. Most people would have filed Techrules' turbine hybrid, seen in concept form a year ago, in the same category. But at this year's Geneva International Motor Show, which opened to the public on March 9, the Chinese R&D company was back with a production version of its supercar—and big plans for more accessible machines based on the same formula.

That formula is as simple as it is breathtaking. The Techrules Ren—the name comes from a Chinese word that roughly translates as ‘benevolence'—is a carbon composite supercar with race-style pushrod suspension and a modular layout with up to three seats. Power comes from TREV, the Turbine-Recharging Electric Vehicle system that uses one or more micro-turbines to drive generators that recharge the vehicle's lithium polymer batteries and power up to six traction motors.


--> Techrules shows how to make EVs interesting: Just add a jet engine | Ars Technica