Valmet Dawn gets its Tron on in Geneva (Autoblog)
Filed under: Concept Cars, Geneva Motor Show, Electric
There are a lot of ways to describe the Valmet Dawn you see pictured above,
but our favorite could be mouthed by Keanu Reeves: Whoa. And then we would
expand it to WTF? As in, “Whoa the F?”
That’s because Valmet Automotive – the makers of the Fisker Karma, among other
vehicles – has wrapped its electric vehicle engineering chops in what is
perhaps the most impractical and odd-looking concept vehicle we’ve ever seen.
The Dawn concept is meant to show that Valmet can both research and develop EV
components like drivetrains and batteries _and_ put them together into a
vehicle, a two-prong approach that Valmet says is a new strategic focus area
for the company. With that in mind, perhaps it not a total surprise that
Valmet hasn’t released any sort of information about the range, power or
really any real-world details about the Dawn. Like, for example, what’s that
blue disc in front? An inductive charger? A 21st Century cow catcher? An
Identity Disc?
Valmet says this test bed vehicle “integrates both the component developer and
integrator roles. Displaying the battery pack, drivetrain, control unit and
charging …
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