Most car brands have a flagship model. It’s the one that they want influential people to choose and to be seen using, whether it’s industry leaders, pop culture celebrities, political figures, or specific government agencies. Think the Cadillacs in the presidential motorcade, the vehicle Dwayne Johnson pulls up in as he arrives at a movie premiere, or the car that transports Jeff Bezos to the private helicopter waiting to take him to his island base hidden inside a volcano.
Flagship models are what manufacturers want dignitaries, business people, millionaires, and billionaires to choose for their chauffeured transport. For you, and for the sake of this Round, I want to see the essence of your electric car’s future. BMW created the I8 and Polestar the One, not as high volume sellers, but as a showcase of what they could do with electricity, a demonstration of their brand’s identity in a future beyond gas.
You shall do the same. This round is particularly open-ended as I believe it will be a good jumping-off point. Anything from Electric supercars to high-end EQS style electric luxury sedans to Hummer EV style offroaders are allowed this time around. Shromet, for example, has the interval.
Yeah ok boomer I just skipped over all that, gimme the requirements so I can just build a car.
Year = ~2020, can be a bit earlier or later.
Hard limits = None.
What you’ll need: A design, tell me a battery capacity (in KwH) that you expect to have, and an expected range to get from that. I will judge this compared to what’s possible in the real world, so compare your car to a similar real world car if applicable, and make engineering adjustments accordingly should you win.
You can tell me your car gets a billion miles from a AAA duracell you found in the smoke detector and costs 3 cents if you like, but I will judge you for it. Not in any concrete way though.
You’ll also need a horsepower amount, and a price. This is something I will also look at in an unconrete way, because EV technology is a bit more expensive than a regular car. Just throw some quality somewhere irrelevant to account for this. It’s pretty much just lore.
DESIGN, DESIGN, DESIGN, that’s what it’s all about!
This is 95% a design challenge, so this is what I’ll be looking for. I want to see the ultimate expression of your brand’s future here! By the very nature of this, you’ll have to accept my subjective taste, as I will be the sole judge.
Cars MUST be production-ready! this means you should reconsider those LCD grilles and suicide rear doors.
As far as engineering goes, you can get an accurate weight by giving your car a big iron block engine. Power and 0-60 don’t really matter because I can change those. Just give your car an accurate price and weight for the battery capacity and we should be good.
Engineering for BEAMNG conversion will be handled on my end for the winning cars with the approved changes of the winners.