Finnish Startup Is Developing 1341 Horsepower Electric Sports Car

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Finnish startup company Toroidion is developing electric sports car dubbed Toroidion 1MW that will supposedly have 1 megawatt of power (approx 1341 hp). The car will debut at 2015 Top Marques Monaco car show in April.

Toroidion was founded by car designer Pasi Pennanen. Some info about him from !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (which hasn't been updated in 5 years):

Pasi is the founder of Pennanen Design and the chief designer. He has nearly 15 years of experience of vehicle design and industrial design. He has worked with the big brands such as Jaguar Cars, Honda Advanced Design and Zagato Centrostile.

Pasi is a quick and creative problem solver and he can lead several projects simultaneously with ease. Pasi is the first Finnish transport designer to graduate from the renowned Royal College of Art in London. On his leisure time, he sails and paints with oil colours.

According to Pennanen his company has been developing completely new type of electric powertrain for the last 4 years and it will revolutionize the electric car industry.

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! doesn't offer much information about the project but it indicates they aren't stopping to just revolutionizing car industry. They are going to revolutionize travel by sea and air as well.

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Picture credit: Toroidion


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Kinja'd!!! Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > KnowsAboutCars
02/20/2015 at 09:32

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I suppose bet the battery will only last 30 miles on a single charge if they want to keep weight down,