{"id":121187,"date":"2023-11-16T16:21:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T16:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/?p=121187"},"modified":"2023-11-16T16:21:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T16:21:09","slug":"the-1287-hp-hi-phi-a-looks-like-a-tesla-and-gt-r-mashup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/auto-news\/the-1287-hp-hi-phi-a-looks-like-a-tesla-and-gt-r-mashup\/","title":{"rendered":"The 1287 HP Hi-Phi A Looks Like A Tesla And GT-R Mashup"},"content":{"rendered":"
Chinese automakers are attacking on all fronts of the electric vehicle market, from tiny city cars to ultra-luxurious and spacious minivans.<\/p>\n
But they also want to show the world their know-how when it comes to building high-performance EVs that can rival Tesla’s Model S and Model X Plaid or the Lucid Air Sapphire.<\/p>\n
In September, Geely launched the Zeekr 001 FR, a quad-motor mid-size liftback with\u00a01,265 horsepower (943 kilowatts) that’s said to sprint from zero to 62 miles per hour in 2.07 seconds ‘in a rolling start scenario.’ All for a price of under $140,000 in China \u2013 less than a Model S Plaid.<\/p>\n
Now, it looks like Human Horizons wants a piece of that high-performance EV market too, as the company founded in 2017 by the former president of SAIC-GM David Ding has taken its existing HiPhi Z through a comprehensive styling and performance makeover.<\/p>\n
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Actually, so many things have changed in the process that Human Horizons decided to give the car a different name, the HiPhi A. The letter is a tribute to Apollo Automobil, a German sports car manufacturer currently owned by China’s WeSail\u00a0New Energy Automotive that has supplied the vehicle’s aerodynamic elements.<\/p>\n
The ‘standard’ HiPhi Z looks like a wild concept car, and yet the HiPhi A manages to take things up a notch \u2013 a lot. The electric super sedan boasts more aggressive bumpers with motorsport-inspired aero elements, a massive fixed rear wing towering above the rear window, high-performance aluminum wheels shod with extra wide tires, carbon-ceramic brakes, and lots of carbon fiber elements.<\/p>\n
Like the Z, it has exterior screens on the side of the passenger doors that can be used to send custom messages to other road users.<\/p>\n
Inside, the connection to the HiPhi Z is even more obvious, with the A featuring the same dashboard layout. The high-tech ambiance consists of digital screens for the rearview cameras, ambient lighting, and a 15-inch touchscreen that is 8-way adjustable via a multi-axis robot arm, the HiPhi Bot.<\/p>\n
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