Wow … this EV supercar from Drako is worth $1.2 Million. For that price, you’ll get 1,200 horsepower, 6,500 feet-pound of torque, and a top speed of 206 MPH!
Taken from Engadget … Supercars, being high-powered, low to the ground and fat of tire, usually aren’t the best vehicles on ice and snow. However, Drako Motors has just showed that its GTE supercar EV might be an exception to that rule, thanks to the independent motors at each wheel and something called torque-vectoring. It released videos showing the GTE drifting around a snow-covered track and high-elevation ice lake, with what looks like a high degree of control.
Drako first took its car to Steamboat Springs, Colorado, and flogged it around a purpose-built driving circuit covered with a fairly deep and uneven snow surface. It then went to Georgetown Lake at 8,500 feet above sea level, doing some pretty radical drifting maneuvers, donuts, an incredibly long sideways slide and spinning in place (tank turns). The latter is something you can only do with a true torque-vectoring system, as the left and right wheels rotate in opposite directions. The altitude would also be a challenge for any naturally-aspirated ICE vehicle.
The $1.25 million Drako GTE uses the Fisker Karma’s curvy body on top of Karma’s Revero OEM EV platform. Each wheel is powered by its own motor, allowing it to steer in part by varying the torque on each wheel — all controlled by Darko’s DriveOS software. The company claims that the GTE can produce 1,200 horsepower and a ridiculous 6,500 feet-pound of torque, delivering a top speed of 206 MPH. It has a 90 kWh battery, but Drako has yet to provide the range.
Source: Engadget
