This Chinese 1287bhp, 205mph 'Trev' Hybrid Is A Turbine-Fed Beast
There is nothing in the world that appeals to our inner 10-year-olds more than adding the words ‘turbo’ and ‘jet’ to things. Welcome your inner child to the Techrules Ren RS.
This thing is crazy fast. Many electrically-driven cars have one motor. Some have two. Really quick ones might have three. The Chinese-engineered Ren RS has either four, or if you’re feeling really brave, six. This six-motor monster has two motors on the front axle and four on the rear, delivering a frankly absurd 1287bhp.
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That means it’s good for serious supercar performance despite not having gears. A single speed is all it needs to launch to 62mph in 3.0 seconds on the way to a 205mph top speed. As technical achievements go, that’s impressive. Plus, it says TURBO JET on it, so we love it.
The single-seater uses a clever turbine-based range-extender hybrid drivetrain. This Turbine-Recharging Electric Vehicle setup – TREV, for short (stop laughing at the back) – employs the diesel-fuelled turbine to drive a generator that then replenishes the surprisingly small 28kWh battery.
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Claimed range is in the region of 727 miles per 80 litres of diesel, or about 41.3mpg. Obviously it’s not likely to worry a Prius in the efficiency stakes, but a Prius can’t do 205mph…
We don’t have the figures for the four-motor TREV yet, but expect it to be less fast and a little more frugal. A show car will be at the Geneva Motor Show next month.
Comments
Only 6 electric motors & a turbine? pfffff………….nothing beats this monster (42 wheeled BMW with 19 Porsche engines) :P :P
Interesting 🤔
That was drawn up by a 4 year old (at the time) now 9/10 year old boy called Eli if I recall!
Key word here is, “Chinese engineered”
Should be reliable then 😂😂
Volvo is currently Chinese-ownee though…
Idk. China is the leading of technology. Hell ever the last phone i used before it broke is made in china.
This makes me feel overly patriotic…
Don’t believe this until it actually comes out. A couple of years ago, the same company claimed a car with over 1000hp and over 1500mpg efficiency. A human running can’t do 1500mpg on anything vaguely resembling food. They said it would be ready in 2 of years. Those years have passed, and we have yet more vapourware and no production-ready cars.
Seriously?! They thought they could hit 1500mpg!
Rmb the porche with ferrari California lights called the eagle?
TURBINE BOWERRRRRR
Powah!!!!!
Looks pretty good tbh
Turbine-Electric car? Now we’re talking!
Techrules.
Is this supposed to be Tesla’s performance division?
Now THIS is how all electric cars should be.
Its not an EV its a Hybrid.