Yahoo Autos The Dendrobium Is an Electric Hypercar Concept Built by F1's Williams Engineering
If you haven't heard of Singapore's Vanda Electrics yet, don't blame yourself. I'm only their seventh subscriber on YouTube. So far, the company has come up up with an electric truck with a range of approximately 62 miles and a top speed of 24 mph, and an urban scooter called the MotoChimp. Both that and the Ant Truck are still in the prototype stage.
Sounds bumpy? No matter! Instead of worrying about their sales prospects, Vanda is now taking about a hundred and fifty steps forward, teaming up with Williams Advanced Engineering to create an electric hypercar concept for the Geneva Motor Show in March. And if the Dendrobium concept somewhat reminds you of the already-sold-out Red Bull-Aston Martin hypercar designed by Adrian Newey, it's because both cars use F1 aerodynamics, something Williams knows all about.
The English engineering powerhouse is also one of the leading experts in composite, drivetrain and battery technologies, and most importantly, the firm that built the Jaguar C-X75 concept, constructing ten working prototypes.
Now, the stage is set for them to turn an even more ambitious plan into something lightning quick, since Vanda wants to put this halo car into limited production by 2018.
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Freshly appointed Vanda CEO Larissa Tan had this to add about this Singaporean dream:
"The future is electric. Vanda Electrics is an exciting company that is established in innovation and design, while collaborating with leading engineering partners to produce ground-breaking electric vehicles. Our world is changing and forcing consumer patterns to change faster than we can imagine, taking the car industry with it."
Alright. Our bodies are ready for all the lateral acceleration these electric supercar startups can throw at us.
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