LHutton
March 1st, 2016, 10:38 AM
http://www.gizmag.com/singapore-dendrobium-hypercar-electric/41979/?li_source=LI&li_medium=default-widget
Singapore's first home-grown hypercar is in development by a new company called Vanda Electric. The Dendrobium, named for a Singaporean orchid, is an ambitious project that's projected to make some 1,500 horsepower, 4,000 Nm of torque and a blistering 0-100 km/h time around 2.6 seconds. With the Williams Advanced Engineering team on board and some SG$10 million in capital behind it, it looks likely that we'll get our first glimpse of a full-sized prototype in Geneva in 2017.
If anyone still needs convincing, here's an excellent example. Wong Fong Engineering is a Singapore-based company specializing in truck-mounted cranes and other industrial, municipal and military equipment. In 2013, for its 25th anniversary, it launched WFRIC - the Wong Fong Research and Innovation Centre as an ideas incubator.
And now, WFRIC has announced that it's spinning off its first new venture: Vanda Electrics, which will produce Singapore's first home-grown hypercar – the Dendrobium. According to preliminary spec sheets, it'll be a 1,500 horsepower battery-powered monster that will put out some 4,000 Newton-meters of torque.
Named for a Singaporean orchid, the Dendrobium will carry between 90 and 100 kWh of batteries, giving it a range around 400 km/249 mi (roughly 8 times across Singapore and back) and a top speed around 400 km/h/ ... but most certainly not at the same time.
http://wordlesstech.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Electric-supercar-Dendrobium-7.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/EzXRXCh.jpg
Singapore's first home-grown hypercar is in development by a new company called Vanda Electric. The Dendrobium, named for a Singaporean orchid, is an ambitious project that's projected to make some 1,500 horsepower, 4,000 Nm of torque and a blistering 0-100 km/h time around 2.6 seconds. With the Williams Advanced Engineering team on board and some SG$10 million in capital behind it, it looks likely that we'll get our first glimpse of a full-sized prototype in Geneva in 2017.
If anyone still needs convincing, here's an excellent example. Wong Fong Engineering is a Singapore-based company specializing in truck-mounted cranes and other industrial, municipal and military equipment. In 2013, for its 25th anniversary, it launched WFRIC - the Wong Fong Research and Innovation Centre as an ideas incubator.
And now, WFRIC has announced that it's spinning off its first new venture: Vanda Electrics, which will produce Singapore's first home-grown hypercar – the Dendrobium. According to preliminary spec sheets, it'll be a 1,500 horsepower battery-powered monster that will put out some 4,000 Newton-meters of torque.
Named for a Singaporean orchid, the Dendrobium will carry between 90 and 100 kWh of batteries, giving it a range around 400 km/249 mi (roughly 8 times across Singapore and back) and a top speed around 400 km/h/ ... but most certainly not at the same time.
http://wordlesstech.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Electric-supercar-Dendrobium-7.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/EzXRXCh.jpg