Salvador
Top-Poster
Combat-Master;
Some pointers from this Interview
- - Lack of charging stations in Turkey (and other countries) made it clear to adopt a hybrid solution. .
- - Hybrid solution will incorporate 100 KwH battery and a Range Extender Internal combustion engine to recharge batteries.
- - Range 100km from battery to 1000km with it's Range Extender engine charging battery.
- - No Transmission
- - Work to develop autopilot features ongoing.
- - 4 Prototypes currently built a fully electric saloon, fully electric with range extender saloon, fully electric with range extender hatchback and combustion engined saloon.
- - Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide (LiNiMnCo) batteries developed by Tubitak MAM to be used, work on serial production of the battery packs ongoing
- - Max Speed on current prototype 160km/h, serial production version to have 180kmh max speed. Future developments to increase speed to 220km/h
- - Full road testing of vehicle and components in tough conditions to be completed by end of 2016.
- - Multiple car manufacturers have expressed interest to start co-production of the vehicle, technical agreements on-going.
- - Design of the vehicle will be completed by June 2017, launch of the vehicle will commence a year later in June 2018
- - Serial Production expected to commence in 2019 and deliveries by end of 2019.