What you’re looking at are two supercars dubbed the
Bertone Dianchè BSS GT Cube and Bertone Dianchè BSS GT One and no, they have
not come from the famed Italian design and coachbuilding company. Yes, they are
yet more supercars to come from an unknown company with bold ambitions.
The parent company of Dianchè, Flymove, recently
secured a license to use the Bertone name from AKKA Technologies, the company
which purchased the rights to the famous name. The BSS GT Cube and BSS GT One
feature Bertone branding but that’s where the relationship ends.
Flymove unveiled life-size prototypes of the two
electric supercars at an exclusive event in Milan, Italy late last year and has
released a number of details about the duo.
For starters, the entry-level BSS GT One features an
electric motor at each axle and pumps out a combined 400 hp while the BSS GT
Cube will offer up 800 hp. Flymove says that will be enough for a 0-100
km/h time of 2.2 seconds and a 350 km/h top speed.
The BSS in the name of the two models refers to the
Battery Swap System which Flymove has developed. Virtually identical to the
battery swap system which Tesla toyed with a few years ago, the technology
doesn’t rely on charging stations and simply involves battery stations that can
swap out a vehicle’s drained battery pack for a fully-charged one. Tesla was
unable to justify making such a system a reality so it’s unclear how Flymove
intends to do so.
The company claims that it will build just nine
examples each of the BSS GT Cube and BSS GT One and that deliveries will
commence in early 2020.
