Hybrid Kinetic is teasing a new concept car that
will debut on the Geneva Motor Show on March 5. The car is called ‘GT’ and will
feature a sleek coupe-like profile with gull-wing doors. Earlier on the company
launched the H600 sedan and the K550 and K750 SUVs, all concept cars.
The Hybrid Kinetic brand is owned by a Hong Kong
based company called Hybrid Kinetic Group. They develop, build, and trade in
batteries, electric motors, electric buses, electric cars, and they are also
active in finance and in the manufacturing of graphene.
The cars are designed by Pininfarina of Italy, which
will also produce the initial batch of the H600 sedan, which is expected to
launch in 2020. After that production will move to a factory in China which will
also produce the two SUVs and, presumably, the eventual production version of
the GT.
Hybrid Kinetic uses a special hybrid power train
combining a micro turbine range extender with an electric motor. The company
claims very high horsepower numbers; the H600 was rated at 800 hp, and the SUVs
at 680 and 816 hp. Hybrid Kinetic hasn’t disclosed any numbers for the GT yet
but we bet they will claim at least 800 horses for that one too.
Interestingly, Hybrid Kinetic decided to include an
image of the rear seats in their teaser-set. The
seats however do look nice and there is a shiny GT badge between the headrests.
Image from the company’s website showing the turbine setup in the H600. The
turbine appears to be a rather massive device, located very high up in the
engine compartment.
The gull wing doors of the GT are hinged at the
middle and the rear of the roof, a very interesting construction.
