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this is the apex a p0 and it's trying to
pull off something that in theory
shouldn't be possible
there's a reason we've seen plenty of
electric SUVs saloons and two-ton hyper
cars because batteries are heavy the AP
zero however is being billed as a
lightweight electric supercar with an
appetite for racetracks
let's dive straight in with the numbers
shall we because apex appears to have
pulled this thing off curb weight is
1,200 kilograms which is extraordinary
considering it has a 90 kilowatt-hour
battery stuffed under the floor wearing
550 kilograms on its own it's motor
produces 650 brake horsepower it's
rear-wheel drive it'll do nought to 62
in 2.3 seconds and hit a 190 mile an
hour top speed Plus find the wheel power
to drive it gently and it has a range of
320 miles on the W LTP cycle and can
charge from naught to 80% in 15 minutes
no expense has been spared on the
chassis either it features f1 style
pushrod suspension while the key to
keeping things really liked is the
carbon fibre tub at its core wrapped in
carbon-fiber body panels carbon fiber
wheels 19 inch at the front 20 inch at
the rear chip in - along with carbon
ceramic brake discs and a sparsely
furnished interior in terms of size
think Porsche Cayman in length although
it's wider and lower than the Porsche
despite that roof-mounted fin oh and the
doors aren't bad either let's talk about
design because cars to put speed and
lightness above all else aren't usually
attractive in the traditional sense but
this is a good-looking thing it looks
like some sort of pissed-off
stormtrooper which I like in fact guide
Colborne the cars designer has an even
more interesting take on that front-end
apex is based in Hong Kong so I wanted
to do something that had so some ideas
for Hong Kong in China and get its kind
of Eastern identity as well but kind of
Chinese culture you have this idea of
the dragon the dragon is intrinsic to
China it's a symbol there of wealth on
prosperity and luck and also if you look
at dragons they have this very
expressive face so front of a car I
wanted to give this car a kind of dragon
identity we'd settled on an idea of a
cyber dragon a robot dragon so
Game of Thrones fans are going to love
it and just check out those blade-like
stalks for the wind cameras and the
central fin which not only stabilizes
the car at high speeds it also houses
the lidar sensor but gives the car its
autonomous capabilities yep you heard me
right
lidar sensor despite being a focused
driving machine the ap0 has level 3
autonomy not quite hands off feet up
take me to work but auto braking
adaptive cruise control and lane keep
assist are all included and will help
take the edge off if you're brave enough
to use this car regularly and it's
prepped for even higher levels of
autonomy when legislation allows my
favorite view though is around the back
notice how the horizontal light bar is
intersected by a vertical light running
from the fin into the diffuser thus
forming the company's logo clever also
there's no wing that's because with 95
millimeters ground clearance a
completely flat floor and a mammoth M
shaped diffuser all the required
downforce is produced by ground effect
the interior is predictably pared back
with leather lined carbon fibre bucket
seats and a driving position where your
feet are in line with your hips the fin
theme continues inside - creating a
hygienic divided between driver and
passenger while there's a curvy arrow
shaped instrument display behind the
squashed steering wheel and a further
control panel between the two seats apex
also talks about a holographic augmented
reality display and an AR race
instructor we didn't get a chance to
play with them for the
apparently they help you to learn new
tracks so it's rapid packed with
technology and a fine thing to look at
so what's the catch well probably the
price costing from one hundred and fifty
thousand pounds plus local taxes that's
190 grand in the UK it's not exactly
cheap but it is almost real production
is planned to kick off at the end of
2022 plenty of time then to get saving