BeyonCa GT Opus 1 – new super-premium EV model with R&D hub in Singapore, to begin from RM650k

BeyonCa (quick for ‘past the automotive’) has revealed its first EV idea – the Beyonca Gran Turismo Opus 1 – and has claimed itself to be the world’s first tremendous premium EV model. The corporate was based simply final 12 months with DongFeng Group as one in every of its strategic funding companions and is made up of automotive business veterans, together with a bunch of former Volkswagen executives, in addition to specialists from client electrical and Web firms.

Its Singaporean founder and chairman, Soh Weiming, had spent 16 years at Volkswagen in China and is at present the CEO of Renault China. Presently, the Beijing-based firm has three R&D places of work in China, an R&D hub in Singapore and a design centre in Munich, Germany.

The corporate additionally revealed that it could be unveiling its first mass-produced mannequin by Q1 of 2023, with deliveries going down from 2024 onwards. The Gran Turismo Opus 1 is predicted to be priced from a million Yuan (RM650k), in response to CarNewsChina.

The Gran Turismo Opus 1 shall be supported by an Synthetic Intelligence-based good cockpit that may monitor the driving force’s well being standing in real-time and can routinely cease the automobile if signs of heart problems, stroke or driver fatigue are detected.

Additionally it is geared up with the world’s first in-cabin cloud physician service the place a health care provider will seem just about on the automobile’s infotainment display screen. The staff of ‘cloud docs’ shall be supervised by chief well being officer, Dr. Tim Guo, a cardiovascular specialist with over 27 years of expertise.

In the identical report by CarNewsChina, it was revealed that the Opus 1 measures 5.2 metres lengthy with a wheelbase of three metres and is constructed on an 800-volt structure able to 300 kW quick charging. The report additionally revealed that the Opus 1 shall be fitted with a 130 kWh battery, with a efficiency model known as the GT Opus 1 R within the pipeline.

In line with BeyonCa, its high quality requirements are primarily based on these of high European premium producers. As such, all exterior physique components have a tolerance of +/-0.3mm whereas your complete physique has joint and protrusion tolerances of simply +/- 0.5mm. The cabin alternatively is the work of skilled craftsmen with the best requirements when working with wooden, leather-based and steel. That seems to be a direct jab at Tesla, the place its automobiles have been identified to have giant variations of panel gaps and high quality points.

The Gran Turismo Opus 1 is the work of a design staff with a long time of expertise in creating premium automobiles, led by Dirk van Braeckel, who has spent twenty years as a chief designer. van Braeckel was accountable for the creation of the Bentley Continental GT.

In line with South China Morning Submit, BeyonCa founder and chairman mentioned that the corporate will concentrate on constructing giant sedans and SUVs and can launch three to 5 new fashions over the following 5 years that are geared toward difficult the likes of BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi. The model additionally has plans to seize a share of the ASEAN EV market and Malaysia needs to be no exception.