The Concept_One caters to the wealthiest of the wealthy. It'll cost you about $933,000 (NZ$1.4 million) before taxes, and only eight will be made. What's so super about that? The positive impact will be felt in an extremely small slice of society.
The Concept_One emerges not long after Faraday Future released its own electric super car, boasting 1,000 horsepower. (No price was mentioned -- so count on it being expensive.)
While the speed of these vehicles is impressive, these automakers are solving a minor problem and ignoring a massive one. Slightly better acceleration is nice, but is that really the part of your driving experience that needs to be improved?
The typical US urban auto commuter spends 42 hours stuck in traffic, a figure that has doubled since the 1980s. Commutes are getting increasingly longer, according to US Census data. These so-called super cars do nothing to address that growing problem. A car with a top speed of 335 kph goes just as fast as every other vehicle stuck in a traffic jam or at a red light. Tesla is promising a $35,000 (NZ$ 52,800) vehicle this year, but even it will have to face congestion.
If there was an affordable vehicle cleverly built to get us safely to our destination without sitting in traffic, now that would be super.
