Avass successfully tests ground-breaking fully electric sports car which will cover over 1000 km with single charge
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NEW DELHI: Avass Successfully Tests Ground-breaking Fully Electric Sports Car which will Cover Over 1000 km with Single Charge. The company eyes India to set up largest operation in the manufacturing of EVs and batteries Melbourne, Australia; Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (NewsVoir) Australian company Avass’ latest developments into the electric car project have achieved consistent performance tests of 1,160 km with a single charge in the Avass Prototype R800 – a fully electric Sports Car.
The R800 is an impressive 870 kg sports coupe delivering rapid response to rear drive via central High Performance Avass Motor. The charging time of this ground-breaking innovation via a wall plug is 4 hours and with a Fast Charging Unit, it is fully charged from depletion in less than 40 minutes.
The R800 performance tests have taken 11.6 hours to achieve 1,160 km with a single charge driven at constant speed not exceeding 100km/h. Avass R800 battery pack capacity is 120kWh and its energy consumption is 10.33kWh/100km with current capacity 112.41Ah.
The company had announced last year that it will be exploring opportunities of expanding operations in India and is viewing India as a key base to manufacture a range of full electric vehicles, including buses, cars, motorcycles, batteries and more. EVs like the R800 that achieve a larger distance with a single charge would definitely acquire larger demand. Many large B2B players in e-commerce, grocery, food, couriers have already been piloting EVs and some have moved to advanced stages of deployment.