Super powerful German Apollo intends to develop a 1,000-horsepower electric supercar

Last March, German car brand Apollo unveiled the Arrow Concept at the Geneva Motor Show. Recently, the company's chief designer Joe Wong said in an interview with the media that electric vehicles will become heavier in the future.

“The industry is evolving very quickly to electric vehicles, to hydrogen fuel,” Wang explained. “It makes sense to embrace more advanced technologies, to move forward, to create more durable products for the world. In electric vehicles, it’s not hard to go over 1,000 horsepower. Extending the life of the powertrain components, how much energy can we store, how efficient can we get with existing technology, these are the key points.”

How to solve the problem? Four words: tire technology. Joey Wang believes: "It doesn't make much sense to boast about how powerful a car is if the tires can't transfer all that power to the ground." Once the technology matures, Apollo will develop electric supercars with more than 1,000 horsepower, and even hydrogen fuel cells.

At the 2016 Geneva Motor Show, Apollo unveiled the Arrow concept car, which the company announced would go into production. With 1,000 horsepower, the Arrow concept car is Apollo's attempt to challenge other supercar manufacturers. The exact price of the Arrow has not yet been determined, but it is estimated to be around $1.1 million. It looks expensive, but in the supercar market, it is actually cheap.

Apollo Automobil GmbH was formerly known as Gumpert, an independent German handmade supercar manufacturer. Due to poor performance, Gumpert declared bankruptcy in 2012. Later, with funding from China, the company was reborn and renamed Apollo Automobil GmbH.

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