EV startup Drako Motors has teased its upcoming Dragon forward of an official launch on November 17.
Drako first arrived on the automotive scene a couple of years in the past with its Fisker Karma-based GTE. The Dragon will take the type of a coupe crossover and within the run-up to its unveiling, the automaker has made some audacious claims about it. However first, the design.
This teaser doesn’t reveal a lot of what we didn’t already know concerning the car. Among the many key elements that catch the attention embody the sharp headlights with LED daytime operating lights, the daring entrance bumper and grille, and the truth that the Dragon has gullwing doorways. Luckily for us, an undisguised Dragon present automotive was snapped within the midst of filming a promotional video in Italy final month, permitting us to see it in full.
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Probably the most intriguing facet of the Dragon is the truth that whereas it seems to be a four- or five-seater, it solely seems to have two gullwing doorways. It appears Drako might have taken some design inspiration from the Koenigsegg Gemera in designing an expensive four-seater with two humongous doorways. Whereas it might not be very handy for these sitting within the second-row, it does end in a really clear and fluid design.
Past its design, Drako has mentioned the Dragon will function 4 electrical motors that mix to churn out 2,000 hp. Driving these motors will probably be a battery module constructed in-house. Drako claims it is going to hit 60 mph (96 km/h) in 1.9 seconds and a 200 mph (322 km/h) prime velocity. It’ll additionally apparently run the quarter-mile in simply 9.0 seconds.
It’s unclear what number of examples of the Dragon may attain the manufacturing line nor how a lot every of them may value. Regardless of the case could also be, anticipate it to be fairly costly, on condition that the GTE prices $1.25 million.