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Nope still goin on. Premieres 2018.
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Their website: http://www.meanmetalmotors.com/public/
This is the most silly post I have read all day on PDF. Every point of the market has different needs, nothing wrong in making a high end product. And sadly for you this is exactly how tech trickles down- an innovative product that paves the way for future/lower end products. Electric cars- especially high performance ones are no easy task to achieve- look at how many options there are on the international market today. This know how and capability will most likely benefit this company to sustain itself in the future, and stay ahead for a while. Ferrari, Lamborghini do very well selling a few thousand cars ACROSS THE PLANET each year. Smaller companies Pagani and Koenigsegg only sell/ produce cars in double digits each year. It has huge export potential if it stands up to performance it claims to have. This is a great feat albeit a private one, don't try and undermine it with your biased, illogical argument.
It is not a state investment genius- a private company. THEY DON'T HAVE TO CARE ABOUT THE MASSES.
Show me all the facts you claim. FALSE statement after FALSE statement.
Show me all the facts you claim. FALSE statement after FALSE statement.
Telsa is entering India. The first car they are going to bring to India is the Model 3 and by no means will it be a cheap car. Go check your facts.
Like I said- and will repeat again - A NICHE PRODUCT NEED NOT SELL IN NUMBERS TO BE SUCCESSFUL , ESPECIALLY IF IT'S HIGH END. A BASIC BUSINESS MANAGEMENT CLASS WILL TEACH YOU THAT.
Basic BMWs, Audis, Etc. sell for almost double their prices ( of what they cost in the US ) in India. They set up assembly plants, and invest heavily in this market for a reason. They only sell approx. 7000-10000 cars each, every year. Only a few thousand buy their cars in India, not millions. Go figure again.
You have a very shallow knowledge of business studies. Theres no point arguing about the business model with you.
You talk like you have done a risk assessment for this company.
heres a low end electric product for the Indian market :http://auto.ndtv.com/news/tork-moto...ke-t6x-will-be-priced-at-rs-1-25-lakh-1397927
FYI: the Tesla Roadster established the Brand started at the $100,000 in the US. It's super car rivaling performance set the tone for the brand. This made Tesla famous. And contrary to your belief the Roadster was Elon Musk's baby. Their second car the pedestrian Model S starts at a cool $70,000. It is not priced like an "average car"
You played yourself again boy.
I don't dream up business logic. I have studied it enough to make my argument. You can continue to believe what you want. Immense infrastructure to support a few thousand, not millions of sales.
interesting design.Meet the M-Zero, India's First Supercar
The business of creating machines is more or less a dream job for most of us. Right from penning down those curves on the drawing board, to the concept, and finally, the finished product - the journey is laced with passion, creativity and that god-like feeling of creation.
On that note, let us introduce you to Mean Metal Motors - an automotive start-up which is working on India's first supercar. Yes, you read that right, our very own supercar! If the Polish, Germans, and British can make it, why not us?
Called the M-Zero, it has 4 teams from 4 countries working on turning this dream in to reality. While the teams in Portugal and Italy take care of body and styling, the UK team looks after the simulations and analysis. The remaining one i.e. the team in India, is responsible for the engine, transmission, aerodynamics, vehicle dynamics, electronics, and energy storage systems.
The M-Zero will get a light-weight carbon-fibre monocoque tub chassis, which will give provide the required rigidity. Though it will be designed by these folks at Mean Metal Motors, it will then be given to various parts manufacturers for production.
About the engine - it will be a parallel hybrid mid-engined supercar. Sarthak Paul, founder and director, said they're planning on getting either a 4.0-litre AMG V8 bi-turbo or the 4.8-litre NA V10, though the procurement process is yet to be initiated. Sarthak adds that they are targeting the 500+bhp mark for the power output.
Since this is a parallel hybrid supercar, there will be an electric motor involved. The electric motor will be capable of producing approximately 250bhp, which, in turn, will give the M-Zero a combined power tally of 750+bhp. The total torque developed will be 900Nm. So it is sorted in the power department, but what about that supercar-like feel? We are told there's a lot of thought going in that direction.
There are concepts which are being developed specifically to make the M-Zero more performance oriented. First on the list is the Crosshair - it basically acts like a vertical stabilizer that not only adds to the stability of the car, but also takes care of the aerodynamics. Still at the research stage, Sarthak says that while cornering, when the yaw comes into play, the crosshair will reduce the oversteer. However, there are a lot of details to be ironed out, and a whole bunch of simulations to be run, before we see this working in real-world conditions.
The M-Zero will also see the usage of special alloys for better adaptability of shapes on the structure, which will, again, contribute in the aerodynamics department. Moving on, these folks will use hydro-pneumatic struts for the light-weight suspension system; while the hydro part adjusts the ground clearance, the pressure attends to the stiffness of the ride.
Next up is the Turbulizer - which lowers the thickness of the boundary layer. Well, in short, it reduces aerodynamic drag. The size of the Turbulizer will be in micrometers, and can be manufactured by some surface finishing techniques.
Another important feature of the M-Zero is the Fingerprint Keyless entry. Nope, it isn't just science fiction anymore! However, the presence of this will mean that no one other than the owner will be able to open the car. That leaves a lot of questions and details that need to be attended to.
With that being said, we must admit that the M-Zero looks absolutely radical and flaunts a stunning design. Mean Metal Motors is currently looking for funds, and intend to raise $7 million in the first round of funding, which will help them make their first prototype. The manufacturing facility, sadly, will not be in India but in a Scandinavian country. Also, the market they're looking at is Europe.
