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ON SALE:
2022 (est)
BASE PRICE:
$300,000 (est)The Piëch Mark Zero
is yet another riff on the
all-electric gran turismo,
and yes, the styling
seems an agglomeration
of ideas borrowed from
the Jaguar F-Type,
Mercedes-AMG GT, Aston
DB11, and others. Here’s
what’s different: Piëch
Automotive AG claims
that its Hong Kong-based
battery supplier can make
a power cell that produces
little heat during use and
charging. That means
the battery pack can be
charged from nil to 80
percent in five minutes,
or so says Piëch. Fully
charged, range is expected
to be 300 miles, and the
batteries power three 201-
hp electric motors (two
rear, one front) for a GT-
appropriate 603 hp total.
And yes, it’s that Piëch:
Company co-founder
Anton Piëch is grandson to
the late Ferry Porsche and
one of famed Porsche 917
and Audi Quattro engineer
Ferdinand Piëch’s 10
children. First deliveries are
expected in 2022.Sooner or later, Chinese-branded
cars will probably be a thing here.
If the majority of them are like the
Qiantu K50, we’d be OK with that.
Pronounced roughly as “jhan-tu,”
the K50 is a two-seat, luxury-
trimmed, electric sports coupe onON SALE:
Late 2020 (est)
BASE PRICE:
$80,000 (est)sale in China. But the car will
take an interesting route to
American roads given that it will
be homologated by California-
based Mullen Technologies.
The car will arrive as a knock-
down kit of sorts and then be
reassembled by Mullen, which is
aiming to improve on the K50’s
claimed 200-mile range and
0-60 time of 4.2 seconds as it
makes the changes necessary for
the dual-motor car with torque
vectoring and roughly 430 total
system horsepower to meet U.S.
regulations. If all goes according to
plan, Mullen aims to have the K50
available for sale by the second
half of 2020 in select markets.2022
Piëch
Mark
Zero
2021
Qiantu K50
by Mullen
Mark ZeroK50