Genovation Cars, a Maryland-based designer and producer of eco-friendly vehicles, announced that it has begun building a prototype of its latest Electric vehicle, the G-Vette (Genovation G2).
The prototype will use an all-aluminum lightweight frame that is borrowed from “a legendary sports car”, that was “donated by a tier one auto industry parts supplier”.
The G-Vette will come with an ultra-light carbon fiber body that will be built using soy based resin. The vehicle will incorporate Genovation’s research and development experience that was gained during the creation of the G1 model. This was an electric conversion of a Ford Focus, on which the company installed an electric motor, battery string, battery management system, safety system, HVAC (Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning), controller and instrumentation.
In addition to that, Genovation has recently selected Tata Technologies, the Dana Corporation and Metalasa to design and prototype the G2 model and contracted with American Dynamics Flight Systems to perform the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis of the vehicle.
"We are very pleased to be taking the development of an efficient and reliable electric sports car to the next level," said Andrew Saul, Genovation Cars CEO. "We're quite sure there is an eager market for vehicles of this type."
Saul said that once the prototype becomes operational, the company plans to establish a long term partnership with a major automotive producer to bring it into series production.
“Genovation plans to differentiate itself from its competition by better understanding and anticipating the requirements of its clientele; be it the suburban family concerned about spikes in the future cost of gas, green-conscious state/local government agencies, or corporations desiring a fleet of green electric cars,” stated the press release.
The prototype will use an all-aluminum lightweight frame that is borrowed from “a legendary sports car”, that was “donated by a tier one auto industry parts supplier”.
The G-Vette will come with an ultra-light carbon fiber body that will be built using soy based resin. The vehicle will incorporate Genovation’s research and development experience that was gained during the creation of the G1 model. This was an electric conversion of a Ford Focus, on which the company installed an electric motor, battery string, battery management system, safety system, HVAC (Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning), controller and instrumentation.
In addition to that, Genovation has recently selected Tata Technologies, the Dana Corporation and Metalasa to design and prototype the G2 model and contracted with American Dynamics Flight Systems to perform the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis of the vehicle.
"We are very pleased to be taking the development of an efficient and reliable electric sports car to the next level," said Andrew Saul, Genovation Cars CEO. "We're quite sure there is an eager market for vehicles of this type."
Saul said that once the prototype becomes operational, the company plans to establish a long term partnership with a major automotive producer to bring it into series production.
“Genovation plans to differentiate itself from its competition by better understanding and anticipating the requirements of its clientele; be it the suburban family concerned about spikes in the future cost of gas, green-conscious state/local government agencies, or corporations desiring a fleet of green electric cars,” stated the press release.