Hello guys,
how many of you heard of company called Atieva ?
BAIC acquires stake
Aritcle
Leshi acquires stake
Chinese Internet Company Leshi To Expand Into Electric Cars - Forbes
Check the reviews at Glassdoor:
http://www.glassdoor.de/Bewertungen...305.htm?sort.sortType=RD&sort.ascending=false
The company is paranoid about avoiding any publicity, its almost impossible to get info on its tech.
Beside QuantumScape this is biggest threat, but unlike former, their tech is apparently ready for 2016 production.
I will not go into detail (as im not sure i understand what i was told), but its a lot like Tesla but different, its using kind two tiered battery, bigger cheaper battery and smaller more expensive high performance one, which can be quickly discharged and charged (from slower battery) to provide energy even for high KWH motors. The advantage over Tesla is no loss of power from overheating (or much less). This will also enable to use battery types previosly not useable for cars.
My German industry friend thinks this could disrupt whole high performance ICE business like Quartz watches killed the Mechanical ones, being more precise at 5% of the cost.
Imagine seeing cars with P85D performance for 40-50k $.
Neither me nor my friends are Electroengineers so i tried to explain it in a way i understood.
Apparently Audi R8 Etron that will be shown in Geneva next month is somehow related to this tech, i dont know if its still the case with new chinese owners and QuantumScape investment
how many of you heard of company called Atieva ?
BAIC acquires stake
Aritcle
Leshi acquires stake
Chinese Internet Company Leshi To Expand Into Electric Cars - Forbes
Check the reviews at Glassdoor:
http://www.glassdoor.de/Bewertungen...305.htm?sort.sortType=RD&sort.ascending=false
The company is paranoid about avoiding any publicity, its almost impossible to get info on its tech.
Beside QuantumScape this is biggest threat, but unlike former, their tech is apparently ready for 2016 production.
I will not go into detail (as im not sure i understand what i was told), but its a lot like Tesla but different, its using kind two tiered battery, bigger cheaper battery and smaller more expensive high performance one, which can be quickly discharged and charged (from slower battery) to provide energy even for high KWH motors. The advantage over Tesla is no loss of power from overheating (or much less). This will also enable to use battery types previosly not useable for cars.
My German industry friend thinks this could disrupt whole high performance ICE business like Quartz watches killed the Mechanical ones, being more precise at 5% of the cost.
Imagine seeing cars with P85D performance for 40-50k $.
Neither me nor my friends are Electroengineers so i tried to explain it in a way i understood.
Apparently Audi R8 Etron that will be shown in Geneva next month is somehow related to this tech, i dont know if its still the case with new chinese owners and QuantumScape investment