Some of the shapes are inspired by an aircraft.
Karma Automotive,
the California-based manufacturer of electric vehicles owned by
Wanxiang Group from China, has a trio of electrified machines debuting
at the 2019 Auto Shanghai.
The “Shanghai Big Three shows what Karma is today, what Karma can be
tomorrow, and where Karma is heading in the future,” with one production and two concept vehicles. The first study is the two-door Pininfarina GT coupe, while the second one is the futuristic vehicle you see in the attached gallery below – the SC1 Vision Concept.
It’s
an electric roadster and we assume it’s based on the Revero GT just
like the Pininfarina GT. Karma says the concept not only previews the
future design language of the company but also hints at “soon-to-come”
customization options for its mass products. Last but not least, it
“shows the brand’s future direction based on full BEV offerings at the
company’s core.”
There’s no denying this is the most dramatic
vehicle we’ve ever seen by the automaker. It features a sleek,
aerodynamically-optimized profile with a seamless flow from the exterior
to the interior. Interestingly, the area between the front axle and the
windscreen is inspired by the 1935 H-1 Racer aircraft “and the geometry
of the natural world.”
If you virtually open the wing doors, you’ll enter a futuristic cabin
with a new infotainment architecture featuring 5G connectivity as well
as “a humanized communication system, which integrates touch, voice,
eye, and graphical interfaces to enable seamless interaction with the
roadster.” The concept also uses biometric identification and facial
recognition systems.
There’s no word on the system that powers the
study yet, but we believe there’s an all-electric powertrain underneath
the skin, different than the hybrid system of the Revero GT.
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