This 1341bhp Taiwanese EV Prototype Hits 60mph In 1.8 Seconds
A new Taiwanese car maker says it’s building a one-megawatt electric supercar that accelerates even faster than the 2020 Tesla Roadster.
Xing Mobility says it sees the Roadster’s 0-60mph sprint of 1.9 seconds and laughs in its face: Xing’s oddly-named Miss R prototype will do it in just 1.8. Admittedly, both would feel fast enough to rip your head clean off, but bragging rights are bragging rights…
Although the Miss R doesn’t look anything like any finished supercar that it might build might, and is just an eye-catching housing for the development drivetrain, it contains a 4116-cell, 98-module battery with one of the highest power densities of any car-powering battery on the market.
It’s good for a megawatt, or 1341bhp; the same as the record-breaking Nio EP9 Chinese EV. Immersive cooling helps keep the battery at sane temperatures. It’s not the only EV on the company’s cards, either. In another swipe at Tesla, Xing Mobility will soon display an electric commercial vehicle called Mr T (and no, we’re not kidding).
Whether the fledgling car maker can make its ideas a reality is up for debate. As Tesla itself has found out, building cars isn’t easy. The Faraday Future project, which is apparently dead in the water, is a prime example of how difficult a task beating Tesla really is.
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Did I miss something???
Yes, you were in a comma. It’s now 2024!
And the Tesla Roadster rival comes from…
Taiwan???
China
This is only the beginning
I hate to say it but what are the chances this is never made or heard from again?
80%++
99.9%
I reckon 90%. Faraday Future is dead. Lucid Air (which I actually had some hope in) is dead. We haven’t heard a heck of a lot from Nio, the Owl Aspark or that Singaporean Dendrobium thing. Really it’s just Tesla and Rimac.
This looks like it has a little more xing than the roadster.
sorry…
Cha-xing
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As my parents are from Taiwan
Y E S
Chinese?
grabs popcorn
God that thing is ugly as hell
Well tbh, the Tesla was a near production prototype and i do think itll exist as a real production car by 2020
This?
Its no where near production, as it needs more body panels, proper wiring for lights, and a full interior, where by then, itll already be slower than even maybe a Model S 100PD
Good luck remembering this ugly things stupid name by then
I personally doubt they will make the roadster 2 because they are losing money SO FAST.
Did the name ‘Miss R’ come about when the PR boss used Siri to remember the car’s name?
“So by unanimous decision we’re deciding to call the car the Missile”
“Hey Siri, remind me that the car will be called the Missile”
“I have set a reminder that the car will be called Miss R“
Why you would want Siri to remember the name for you? “Hey Siri, remind me that my wife is called Jane Doe”
Thought that was an asian joke then because “L” becomes “R”