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The “electrified performance concept car” announced by Infiniti earlier this month as their entry for the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance will be called, no surprise here, Prototype 10, announced the Japanese on Thursday.
The concept is supposed to be a “window into the brand's desire to deliver driving pleasure and thrilling performance from electrified powertrains.” Hopefully, that translates into a preview of the electric sports car announced in early 2017 by the company’s president.
Unfortunately, for a while now – read years – Infiniti has made a habit of presenting concept cars and not following through with turning them into production versions. “Windows” into the future the likes of Prototype 10 we’ve seen before at various events, but we haven’t yet seen the actual cars of the future.
And it's not like the technology isn't there. Infiniti can benefit vastly from the lessons learned by Nissan with its electric Leaf. Perhaps now, with a new man in charge, the promised Infiniti sports EV might actually get here - Prototype 10 is the first car created by the carmaker’s new design director, Karim Habib.
"The INFINITI Prototype 10 echoes the layout and design of some of the most evocative car designs of all time, where power was celebrated through high-powered single-seat competition cars,” the executive said in a statement.
“Our new concept speaks of an electrified future, something which is reflected in its form and details. It is appropriate that we found inspiration in an optimistic bygone era in which cars were characterized by the simple love of driving."
There’s no word yet on what powers the 0’s electric motors. Last year at the same venue and event, Infiniti showed the Prototype 9, also an electric concept car. That one was designed as an open-wheel Grand Prix car of the 1940s and used an electric motor rated at 148 horsepower and 236 pound-feet of torque, and was powered by a 30-kWh battery.
Unfortunately, for a while now – read years – Infiniti has made a habit of presenting concept cars and not following through with turning them into production versions. “Windows” into the future the likes of Prototype 10 we’ve seen before at various events, but we haven’t yet seen the actual cars of the future.
And it's not like the technology isn't there. Infiniti can benefit vastly from the lessons learned by Nissan with its electric Leaf. Perhaps now, with a new man in charge, the promised Infiniti sports EV might actually get here - Prototype 10 is the first car created by the carmaker’s new design director, Karim Habib.
"The INFINITI Prototype 10 echoes the layout and design of some of the most evocative car designs of all time, where power was celebrated through high-powered single-seat competition cars,” the executive said in a statement.
“Our new concept speaks of an electrified future, something which is reflected in its form and details. It is appropriate that we found inspiration in an optimistic bygone era in which cars were characterized by the simple love of driving."
There’s no word yet on what powers the 0’s electric motors. Last year at the same venue and event, Infiniti showed the Prototype 9, also an electric concept car. That one was designed as an open-wheel Grand Prix car of the 1940s and used an electric motor rated at 148 horsepower and 236 pound-feet of torque, and was powered by a 30-kWh battery.
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