After wowing crowds on the 2018 Goodwood Pageant of Pace with an extended-range electric supercar dubbed the Shul, India’s Vazirani for its follow-up act has unveiled an electrical speedster that the corporate claims is lighter than a Mazda MX-5 Miata.
We’re speaking simply 1,627 kilos, versus about 2,330 kilos for the Mazda. And the Vazirani has a supercar-like 722 hp to propel it. In line with the corporate, the electrical speedster, which works by the identify Ekonk, wants simply 2.54 seconds to dash from 0-62 mph.
The Ekonk is a way more primary design than the Miata, although. For example, it has simply the one seat for the motive force and no roof. Its physique can also be produced from composite supplies.
Nonetheless, Vazirani claims the low weight can also be all the way down to a singular battery design branded Dico, which does away with conventional battery cooling methods. Vazirani is brief on particulars however it seems that the batteries are air-cooled as an alternative of water-cooled like on most EVs. Vazirani states that it seemed to nature, for instance the best way that animals regulate their physique temperatures by respiratory, in addition to nano expertise when growing its Dico battery design.
Vazirani is at the moment testing the Ekonk on the Natrax high-speed take a look at middle close to Indore, India. It is not clear whether or not a manufacturing model is deliberate, although Autocar reported on Monday that expertise featured within the Ekonk might be utilized in a manufacturing model of the Shul supercar.
The unique idea for the Shul featured 4 electrical motors, a battery, and micro-turbine serving purely as a spread extender. Peak output was claimed at over 1,000 hp. No phrase on once we may see a manufacturing model.
