The annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance weekend has been described as an old-automobile party for the nicely-heeled, with an occasional new-vehicle debut sprinkled in. As such, there’s probably no greater spot for a vehicle such as the all-electric Renovo Motors Coupe—a automobile that blends vintage packaging with state-of-the-art electric propulsion—to make its very first appearance. It’s expected to sell for far more than half a million dollars.
Renovo has been building this car with boutique carmaker Shelby American. Shelby currently sells its CSX9000 coupe (a continuation of the vaunted 1964 Shelby Daytona), the same vehicle employed as the basis for the Renovo Coupe.
The Renovo Coupe is essentially a CSX9000 powered by twin sequential axial-flux electric motors mounted in the front of the auto with a common shaft that sends energy to a traditional final-drive differential at the rear axle. Renovo claims that the 2 motors churn out a lot more than 500 horsepower and 1000 lb-ft of torque, enabling the auto to vault from zero to 60 mph in 3.4 seconds on its way to a 120-mph terminal velocity. The range for the auto will be 100 miles, says Renovo, even though the charging time for the lithium-ion battery pack will be 30 minutes making use of a fast charger or 5 hours from a level-2 charger.
With input from Peter Brock, the designer of the original Daytona Coupe, Renovo made a handful of changes to the physique and structural members of the vehicle to accommodate the drivetrain and its 3 separate battery packs (2 in front, 1 in back). Weight has risen beyond the CSX9000′s figure to about 3250 pounds, says Renovo, but even so, a seasoned member of our staff—technical director Don Sherman—who truly has knowledge behind the wheel of the original Shelby Daytona, took a ride in the Renovo Coupe in Monterey and stated he has “no doubt” that the auto can meet Renovo’s functionality claims. “The automobile makes an aggressive electrical growl when it’s legged from rest,” he stated. Sherman went on to describe the Renovo as being a lot more comfy and, in some areas, more spacious than the vintage Daytona. Which is damning with faint praise, thinking about the tight confines of the original.
Renovo hopes to commence constructing the Coupe in Silicon Valley, California, in the course of the second half of subsequent year. That seems a bit ambitious to us, although the business will undoubtedly benefit from Shelby American’s experience not just in low-volume automobile assembly, but also in navigating by way of legislative red tape. Renovo wouldn’t inform us how many cars it is planning to create, but rest assured: at the expected going cost of $ 529,000, it is bound to be a quite tiny number.
Update 8/17: This story has been edited to reflect the fact that this Renovo is not connected with the Renovo bicycle-maker that teamed with each other with Audi a handful of years ago.
Renovo Motors Coupe: Not Yer Ordinary, Gas-Swilling, Half-Million-Dollar Shelby Daytona Redux
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