China’s GAC could have given up on its ambitions to enter the U.S., however the automaker is quickly increasing elsewhere and in 2020 established the brand new model Aion dedicated to electrical autos.
Aion at present operates completely in China, the place final week it held a model occasion that noticed the reveal of an electrical hypercar boasting 1,206 hp, or sufficient to ship a 0-60 mph time of 1.9 seconds, in line with the corporate’s claims.
The brand new hypercar is named the Aion Hyper SSR, and it is slated to go on sale in China in late 2023 at a beginning value of 1.286 million renminbi (roughly $172,500). That is for the standard mannequin with rear-wheel drive.
Full efficiency is unlocked by upgrading to the Hyper SSR Final which is priced at 1.688 million renminbi ($240,650) and provides all-wheel drive.
Aion is brief on particulars however describes the Hyper SSR as that includes carbon-fiber development, a 2-speed transmission, and silicon carbide chips, a know-how that helps enhance vary and cut back cost instances for EVs.
