Koenigsegg looking down into Volcanoes to Power their Future Hypercars!

Koenigsegg is looking down into volcanoes to power their future hypercars. For most people, this decision is somewhat uncharacteristic for a company that has been chasing top speed records ever since the company began its operations in 1994. 

However, the Swedish manufacturer has announced last year that they have stopped chasing top speeds and will be focussing on efficient and sustainable propulsion technology. The decision to harness the power from the volcanoes comes as an out-of-the-box solution towards becoming carbon-neutral in future. 

As per the company founder and chief executive, Christian von Koenigsegg, the company is experimenting with high-voltage and high-energy-density battery packs, and biofuels made from the emissions from volcanoes for environmentally “benign” and carbon-neutral cars.

Koenigsegg is also planning to double their current production capacity within a span of two to three years, and further expand to thousand cars/year in few more years down the line. To achieve this feat, Christian has hired a former Tesla executive, Evan Horetsky to change the Swedish automaker’s footprint by helping them bring suitable technology that will suit their unique production requirement.

When asked “The Tesla Model S Plaid can do zero-to-60 in less than two seconds and it costs $130,000. Why should someone buy a $3 million supercar that uses these different technologies and fuel sources?”

“That type of performance is becoming kind of a non-competitive aspect for our extreme mega cars. It’s an obvious thing to have, especially with all the electric cars coming out like Tesla. What you're getting when you're buying an extreme hypercar or mega car from us or one of our competitors is something completely hand-built. It’s a bespoke piece of art with performance that can beat those cheaper electrical cars in a straight line. But then you have to also realize they're 500 or 600 kilograms lighter. So when you turn and when you break and when you drive around a race track, you still get a huge performance difference. It's more than performance. It’s the hand-built aspect, the bespoking, the unique surfacing, the unique materials to make it light. For sure, there is a right to exist for these unique cars. They’re works of art, really.” Said Mr Christian.

Thoughts

Koenigsegg is one of those automotive manufacturers that can combine performance and technology like none other. With Koenigsegg’s newfound direction, we are yet to see where the Swedish Manufacturer will lead the industry in future.

I believe Koenigsegg has one the best innovation team in the Industry, and their out-of-the-box in-house developed solutions are second to none.

 

Athul Z

Content Creator, MYTYRE