Chinese automaker Qoros has unveiled its
K EV at the Shanghai Auto Show.
The car has been created with the help of Koenigsegg
who last year, debuted their revolutionary FreeValve Qamless engine in a
separate Qoros concept. The K EV doesn’t rely on an
internal combustion engine and is instead totally electric, making use of four
electric motors, one to drive each wheel.
Qoros says the car delivers a total of 870
hp and will be capable of accelerating from 0-100 km/h in under 2.7
seconds, putting it right in the mid-2 second range most current or future EV
sedans seem to be targeting. It will then top out at 260 km/h and
alongside the impressive performance, be capable of travelling over 482 km on a single charge.
Underpinning the Qoros K EV is a carbon fiber
monocoque and from the outside, the car looks like nothing else on the road.
The front is dominated by a set of vertical headlights, a hood with a
see-through element and a pair of air intakes in the front bumper. The
strangest thing about the new Qoros concept is that the glass rear doors slide
backwards like in an MPV, the front passenger door opens traditionally and the
driver’s door is a gullwing, these Bit Auto images show.
The cockpit of the car is equally as bold as the
outside but doesn’t seem all that far removed from a potential production
version. The carbon fiber of the monocoque is visible throughout, there’s a
large central infotainment screen on the dashboard, a fully digital gauge
cluster and a third screen in the center console that controls other vehicle
functions.
