Photo: Screenshot from Karma website
Karma Automotive keeps teasing elements of the Revero, a car that has evolved from the Fisker Karma.
The American brand owned by a Chinese corporation has decided to move the model upmarket, and it has implemented a few changes to justify the move.
The badge on the Revero will be hand-painted. This is a unique element in the automotive industry, as no other car company paints its brand logos one at a time, by hand. They say it is a “symbolic statement” on the craftsmanship of their products.
The significant improvement brought to the car that used to be the Fisker Karma and has become the Karma Revero is the addition of a solar roof that could be different from the one found in the original model.
It is described as being capable of generating "enough energy to power the car," but the Fisker Karma's original solar panel roof could only add up to five miles a week in range if it encountered enough sunny days.
While specifications of the solar panels used have not been revealed, the company claims the solar-panel-roof can create “enough energy to power the car.”
The level of energy required to power an electric car is significantly higher than the capacity of current solar panel technology so that the claim might refer to something different than propulsion. In the case of the old Fisker Karma, the model used the energy collected by its solar panels to power the climate control.
If they have indeed managed to develop solar panel technology capable of assisting the powertrain of an electric car, this is a gigantic leap for the automotive industry concerning electric propulsion solutions, but we have a feeling it cannot do that.
On the inside, the Revero features an all-new infotainment system, which comes with “a simple and intuitive interface.” There is only one picture of it on the company website, so we must wait for the official unveiling before commenting its user interface and user experience features.
However, we did notice a digital counter for the power used by the vehicles accessories, which makes us think that our assumption regarding the utilization of the solar panels on the roof is for ancillary components.
The official exhibit of the production version of the Karma Revero is scheduled in 27 days from now, which would mean September 8, 2016, is the day that will mark its unveiling.
The badge on the Revero will be hand-painted. This is a unique element in the automotive industry, as no other car company paints its brand logos one at a time, by hand. They say it is a “symbolic statement” on the craftsmanship of their products.
The significant improvement brought to the car that used to be the Fisker Karma and has become the Karma Revero is the addition of a solar roof that could be different from the one found in the original model.
It is described as being capable of generating "enough energy to power the car," but the Fisker Karma's original solar panel roof could only add up to five miles a week in range if it encountered enough sunny days.
While specifications of the solar panels used have not been revealed, the company claims the solar-panel-roof can create “enough energy to power the car.”
The level of energy required to power an electric car is significantly higher than the capacity of current solar panel technology so that the claim might refer to something different than propulsion. In the case of the old Fisker Karma, the model used the energy collected by its solar panels to power the climate control.
If they have indeed managed to develop solar panel technology capable of assisting the powertrain of an electric car, this is a gigantic leap for the automotive industry concerning electric propulsion solutions, but we have a feeling it cannot do that.
On the inside, the Revero features an all-new infotainment system, which comes with “a simple and intuitive interface.” There is only one picture of it on the company website, so we must wait for the official unveiling before commenting its user interface and user experience features.
However, we did notice a digital counter for the power used by the vehicles accessories, which makes us think that our assumption regarding the utilization of the solar panels on the roof is for ancillary components.
The official exhibit of the production version of the Karma Revero is scheduled in 27 days from now, which would mean September 8, 2016, is the day that will mark its unveiling.
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