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Vintage Wooden School Bus

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Another old School Bus

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Genovation's 800-horsepower Corvette EV to debut at 2018 CES

Genovation, an engineering skunkworks based in Rockville, Maryland, is almost ready to show its Corvette-based electric sports car. The company has confirmed the debut will take place next month at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show.

Called the Genovation Extreme Electric (GXE), the car in prototype form hit a top speed of 209 mph during testing back in February. It also hit a standing mile record speed for electric cars of 190.4 mph.

While the prototype was based on a C6 Corvette Z06, the production GXE will actually use C7 Corvette Grand Sport as its donor. The car will also feature some unique visual treatments to ensure it stands out. You’ll notice the revised front bumper and round taillights. Genovation says it chose the Corvette as the donor due to the lightweight frame but also as a nod to American engineering.

The company plans to build just 75 GXEs in total, each priced from $750,000. That’s certainly steep but if you want similar performance from an electric car you’re going to have to step up to the million-dollar-plus Rimac Concept_One.

Power in the GXE comes from two electric motors delivering a peak 800 horsepower and 700 pound-feet of torque. The motors are positioned at either end of the car to create a 50:50 weight distribution, and uniquely they send their drive to the rear wheels only. Yes, they power a common shaft. Also unique as far as electric cars are concerned is the availability of 7-speed manual transmission. An automatic is standard.

Performance claims for the GXE include a 0-60 mph time of less than 3.0 seconds and a top speed of over 220 mph.

Genovation isn’t providing details on the battery though we know it will have a 60-kilowatt-hour capacity. We also know the car will be fitted with carbon fiber wheels.

Genovation plans to start deliveries of the GXE in 2019. With the money raised, the company plans to develop a more affordable electric sports car dubbed the G2.

The Consumer Electronics Show kicks off on January 9. For more of our coverage, head to Motor Authority's dedicated hub.

 

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Genovation, an engineering skunkworks based in Rockville, Maryland, is almost ready to show its Corvette-based electric sports car. The company has confirmed the debut will take place next month at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show.

Called the Genovation Extreme Electric (GXE), the car in prototype form hit a top speed of 209 mph during testing back in February. It also hit a standing mile record speed for electric cars of 190.4 mph.

While the prototype was based on a C6 Corvette Z06, the production GXE will actually use C7 Corvette Grand Sport as its donor. The car will also feature some unique visual treatments to ensure it stands out. You’ll notice the revised front bumper and round taillights. Genovation says it chose the Corvette as the donor due to the lightweight frame but also as a nod to American engineering.

The company plans to build just 75 GXEs in total, each priced from $750,000. That’s certainly steep but if you want similar performance from an electric car you’re going to have to step up to the million-dollar-plus Rimac Concept_One.

Power in the GXE comes from two electric motors delivering a peak 800 horsepower and 700 pound-feet of torque. The motors are positioned at either end of the car to create a 50:50 weight distribution, and uniquely they send their drive to the rear wheels only. Yes, they power a common shaft. Also unique as far as electric cars are concerned is the availability of 7-speed manual transmission. An automatic is standard.

Performance claims for the GXE include a 0-60 mph time of less than 3.0 seconds and a top speed of over 220 mph.

Genovation isn’t providing details on the battery though we know it will have a 60-kilowatt-hour capacity. We also know the car will be fitted with carbon fiber wheels.

Genovation plans to start deliveries of the GXE in 2019. With the money raised, the company plans to develop a more affordable electric sports car dubbed the G2.

The Consumer Electronics Show kicks off on January 9. For more of our coverage, head to Motor Authority's dedicated hub.

Sacrilege!
An electric Vette, never...

I prefer taking an electric or hybrid car, yanking out the battery pack, and stuffing it to the gills with American V-8 iron.

The Destino



Former GM president Bob Lutz bought 25 unsold Fisker Karmas, Removed the hybrid drive-train and replaced it with a 638hp super-charged LS9 V-8 from the Corvette ZR-1. 0-60 in 3.8 seconds, 200mph top speed, and no hunting around for a charging station...​

 

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Cut & Shut

Never seen cars Moonwalk or do the worm? Then you’ve never seen Chris Labrooy‘s mind-wobbling series Cut & Shut. The project features vintage Beetles dancing and morphing in and out of candy-colored surroundings. In this “moving image homage to some classic Volkswagen icons,” the famous cars move in all sorts of delightfully silly ways.



It’s no wonder world-renowned brands like Nike and Citroën queue up for Chris’ hyper-realistic CGI-images; in each project his incredible skill and eye for detail shine through. Here, absorbed by the materiality of the objects and the fluorescent light reflecting on the cars’ paint varnish of the cars’ bodies, it’s important to remember there are no cars. There is no paint.

Personal projects are an important part of Chris’ practice – it’s where you “develop your own voice” he told a recent Adobe meet-up.

His interest in CGI came partly out of curiosity, partly from necessity. As a fresh product design graduate, Chris couldn’t afford the materials for his prototypes, and so made do with digital software. “I used the computer to bring my ideas to life, and the deeper and deeper I got into 3D-technology, I began to lose the desire to make the actual, physical thing,” he says.

And we’re happy Chris made this switch. These strutting, rhythmic Beetles are the work of a master completely in control of his medium.

 

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Walkin' the rails in Northern Rivers, NSW, Australia

 

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