Singapore’s first named-after-a-flower car/electric hypercar concept has made its debut at the ongoing Geneva Motor Show. The work of Vanda Electrics and its technical partner Williams Advanced Engineering, the Dendrobium is a two-seater electric vehicle that has a claimed top speed in excess of 322 km/h.
As we’ve reported previously, the Dendrobium is named after a genus of orchids native to Singapore, and its automatic roof and doors open in a synchronous manner to resemble a fully-bloomed dendrobium flower. The company says there’s some purpose to the car’s theatrics – improving access to the teardrop-shaped cockpit by making ingress and egress easier than other hypercars.
Meanwhile, the rest of the car resembles that of an LMP race car, with highlights like an aerodynamic floor, rear diffuser, front splitter, and alloy wheels (20-inch front and 21-inch rear) wrapped with Michelin Pilot Super Sport tyres.
At the rear, the light bar, which passes for taillights, form an arch over the car’s plug-in port and charging indicator, with the exposed double wishbone rear suspension (front as well) in plain sight. To ensure the Dendrobium doesn’t exceed its 1,750 kg target weight, there’s a composite monocoque chassis, carbon-fibre body panels, and carbon ceramic brake discs with lightweight alloy calipers.
More carbon-fibre can be found on the inside, where you’ll find plenty of angular styling as part of the Dendrobium’s minimalistic design. To keep things interesting, the driver gets a bright red sports seat, while the passenger’s seat is black.
Regardless, both front seats are upholstered with leather from Scotland’s Bridge of Weir Leather Company, and feature stitching and motifs inspired by muscle fibres. There’s also a digital dashboard with two smaller displays flanking it, which shows you a live video feed from the wing-mounted cameras as there are no conventional side mirrors.
Other performance targets for the Dendrobium aside from its top speed is a 0-96 km/h (0-60 mph) time of just 2.7 seconds. No word on how the EV will accomplish this but the company says the project will “feature the latest lithium-ion battery and electric powertrain technology.”
Should the EV progress from concept to production, Vanda says the car’s layout could feature two inboard-mounted electric motors (one for each axle), where there’s a single-speed gearbox and differential at the front, and a multi-speed gearbox and differential at the rear. The first model is expected to hit the road by 2020, depending on the response garnered during the Geneva Motor Show.
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The top speed will be electronically limited to Spore expressway speed of 90km/h
inb4 LRT services break down again, during rush hour chaos… Ohwaiii
And guan eng will try his best to buy it under market value…oh wait PAP will donate it to DAP…sama2 adik abang maaa…mana boleh kira
Singapore got its first EV sport cars and where is Proton hybrid/electric cars?
Again it is a Sendiri Cakap, Sendiri Syok Proton cerita.
inb4 SMRT breakdown again. #NoSurprisesThere
Stupid name for a silly car…soooo singapore…and sooo origami…
New measures are needed to ease the burden of Open Approved Permit (AP) companies, especially those affected by the RM10,000 system fee. The funds collected were used to increase the capacity of the automotive industry in the country.
In the automotive sector itself, there are various business opportunities such as the distribution of new cars, remanufacturing, setting up recycling centre, car inspection and many more.
a new Nissan GTR?
At first i thought they call it Dandruff…sounds like Donkey orso got…
WOW. This Hyper car has no conventional side mirrors so they shows you a live video feed from the wing-mounted cameras.
With a composite monocoque chassis, carbon-fibre body panels & carbon ceramic brake discs with lightweight alloy calipers, who will say this is not a hyper-car.
The best part is this car will not violate any noise/air pollution in any country. Sadly, if U ask any Petrol head who can afford a hyper-car, chances are they will buty a Ferrari, Lambo, Bugatti or a McLaren.
Hyper car no market in Mesia.
Selain Tesla, Green Technology Corp (Greentech) merancang memperkenalkan lebih banyak model-model kereta elektrik lain seperti Renault Zoe, Vanda Dendrobium dan Nissan Leaf di bawah skim penyewaan kereta elektrik.
Singapore first vehicle already is a supercar… meanwhile, our Proton for more than 30 years…
It’s not just a supercar, it’s a hypercar!
From nothing to something!
Here is from everything to nothing!
Singapore has been build Military weapons and vehicle for a long time after Malaysia has it’s own National Automaker which is Proton and Perodua. Now Singapore want to have it’s own Automotive Industry. This time they’ll go Supercar…. with EV.
SG military weapons design r subcontracted out. So nothing proud about that.
Yay a good reason for some people here to migrate to singapore…yay cant wait for these people to migrate there…
Can it be sold for cheap price? Nope
Meanwhile… oh wait… nice photochop
It’s only concept, prod unit fugly + overpriced.
Kudos to the singapore company. Not only a “non-car’ manufacturing country could produce such a capable and modern car, the car itself looks great, they dont try copying other brands, it has it’s own style and identity, very important.
Bro, it looks like a Lykan Hypersport, it is a copy
the design is Not competitive…that come to my mind for the first time i see it..
seriously looks like vaporware like that devel sixteen, or its going to the overhyped direction of the lykan
Looks weird
Mark my words…. after this.. some malaysian company will also want to do super car and ask Govt for incentives.
P2
I just find it highly amusing that our neighbour Kiasuland could come up with a car that racks up speeding tickets in record time every time the accelerator is pressed.
Our 30yr old jaguh kampung can’t even produce a concept car like what singapore did.
Our Proton can produce cars like Juara and Tiara, which are loved by millions of Malaysians
i knew i will find a stupid comment somewhere…
What for? It’ should be from Lotus, not p1
We produced real cars
What bout other Malaysian cant they make that kind of car?
Cuz bashers alwiz says MY pipu alredi hi keras, and complain MY build is no quality one. Prefers “imported” even if comes from tomyam, indomee, balutland or laksaland.
As always SG is at the forefront of innovation…
Congratulations!
Nothing to shout about
Not really. Our resident Theo have been innovating photochop cars long time ago.
Ha ha ha. Comparing a “photochop cars” with a real EV Hypercar.
Our very own resident evil,by means…
Should be called EiTas…
The EiTas, Singapore first Hypercar…becuase it doesn’t matter if u can go fast, as long as you look fasr, that’s all that matters.
whats with the butt?
Call it Orchid la… easy to pronounce..
A sensible entry into car production. A strategy very much like Tesla. But singapore needs to build a few more race tracks if they are serious about getting into car manufacturing. They need to create a home demand for these cars first. With AFTA, such an industry is a good bet. But i think a bathtub chasis with removable gullwing doors would be better for handling and track conversion.