Vega Innovations, a Sri Lankan-based company, has announced that it will introduce its first electric sports car at next month’s Geneva Motor Show. Called the EVX, the two-seat coupe is billed as “South Asia’s first all-electric super car,” and it has the specifications to back up that claim.
The EVX features two electric motors to give it all-wheel drive as well as a combined output of 804 hp and 760 Nm of torque. The dual-motor setup allows it to accelerate from zero to 100 km/h in just 3.1 seconds, and this is despite its weight of 2,090 kg.
Powering the motors is a 55-kWh lithium-ion battery, which is said to provide a range of up to 300 km. If that isn’t enough, the company has previously said it would offer a more substantial 130-kWh battery from 2021 to bump the range up to 750 km.
The EVX uses advance traction control inverters that use patent pending technology for lightweight, high power density requirements. These are capable of 350 kW of peak power and operate at up 900 volts and 600 amps, with liquid cooling based on pin-fin structure baseplate proprietary technology to reduce cost and enhance longevity.
As for the styling, the front fascia bears some resemblance to the Ferrari 488, while the rest of the body is accentuated by bulging fenders, large side air scoops and a high rump. Other cues include LED daytime running lights, exposed carbon-fibre accents, a large rear diffuser, full-width LED taillights and a pulled-back cabin.
This isn’t the only project that Vega has planned, as it is also looking at “developing alternative, mass market, transportation vehicles with its international partners.” More details will only be revealed when the EVX makes its debut in Geneva.
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Vega versus e.Honda but both loses to Bison truck.
This is what I have said before, designing an electric vehicle is way easier because the power plant driving the car has just about been perfected and all that’s left is the chassis and power supply (batteries). Designing petrol power plants takes up a sizeable chunk of budget and engineering. You see all kinds of new firms building electric supercars because they are easy to extract mega power and in turn hope to extract mega prices to recoup the investment costs
Elon Musk should hire you. Go send him your resume
EV… There’s still plenty issues like electric motor reliability, battery life expectancy optimum operating temperature range. BMS and controller overheating. slow duration to charge battery, etc
u think electric car is just like old tamiya toy car, just engine and battery ?
this is for human ride on the public road, every factor need to be well design and engineering, electric car is not easy, software and battery are same difficult as combustion engine.
Reality is, quite a number of electric car start-up companies have already “short circuit” . Remember Faraday Future, Le Eco, Lucid Motors, Fisker, Dyson electric vehicle program, whatever happened to them. Heck, even the Tesla is having a hard time to stay afloat, repeatedly with their fundraising programmes.
Designing an electric car may be easy, but putting them into production never is. You’ll need mega giga factories in order to fulfil the demands, and you’ll have to equip the factories with all the machines and equipments tailored to the vehicles that you’re about to produce. Even with an open-source tech coming from Tesla ,and outsourcing a batteries, those billionaires start-up still failed big time, overly optimistic.
Low volume electric supercar still have a chances though, since they’re limited in quantity to produce, yet with astonishing price tag. But, R&D & tuning for supercar chassis and handling is still very costly. A few examples, Rimac One Concept and come out with successor Rimac C-Two, Nio EP9 already sold at least 16 units, Pininfarina Battista despite fresh appearance already sold at least 25 in the US (Source: Business Insider)
They are an IT power house built this car to showcase their capabilities on extended tech such as EV, Software and IoT. And they are ahead of the game. Fully built in house.
I cant wait for TopGear to do a review of this car.
Is this gonna be another vapourcar just like the mythical but never seen SG supercar?
Country like Sri Lanka have their first electric super car while Malaysia flying car still under the drawing board. Hahahha
Naw mate. Malaysia’s flying car is already in production. They just couldn’t bring them in from China in view of COVID-19 outbreak. Wait, you thought they were actually developed locally? Ha ha ha!
Meanwhile in Malaysia we got flying car…
wow…a EV supercar from country with no national car.
shame on p1 & p2 ^^
Malaysia car is better. now malaysia car can fly already. syok sendiri minister. where is pizy ? hiding ?
Whatever u people say they are not gonna stop though they are gonna do the work done then they will show u what .LOL..
Stop wasting ur time on blabbering on a chair.. because I know ya’ll Who comment on here and write 3 paras … don’t be lame just mind on ur buisness don’t be lame♂️
Congratulations All Sri Lankans proud to be VEGA !