EV startup Aehra unveils SUV penned by Aventador designer

Italian EV startup Aehra on Tuesday revealed its first mannequin, an SUV whose styling is clearly influenced by fashionable supercar design.

That final half should not be a shock because the SUV, whose title is but to be introduced, was designed by Filippo Perini, a former Lamborghini design chief chargeable for the designs of the Aventador and Huracán supercars. Perini additionally serves as design chief for Aehra.

The SUV’s design takes full benefit of the automobile’s EV platform by that includes an extended, 118-inch wheelbase coupled with very brief overhangs. The roof line can be very low by SUV requirements, however good packaging means an NBA star will really feel snug inside, in response to the Aehra.

Vertical-lifting doorways, like these frequent to supercars, options entrance and rear on the Aehra. Whereas this provides some drama to the automobile, it additionally enhances ingress and egress for long-legged people.

Aehra has additionally adopted a monocoque design for the SUV’s construction and fitted energetic aerodynamic parts entrance and rear, each options usually restricted to high-end efficiency machines. Lots of the elements additionally constructed from carbon fiber.

“With the Aehra SUV, now we have shunned the conservative constraints which have encumbered all different automotive producers of their method to designing EV automobiles up to now,” Perini stated in a press release. “This mindset drives not simply the design of our automobiles, however each facet, together with engineering, the structure of the inside, the state-of-the-art sustainable supplies we use and the way we’re redefining all the buyer journey.”

Powertrain and efficiency particulars for the SUV have not been launched.

Aehra stated it plans to preview a second mannequin, a sedan, subsequent February. The corporate targets the beginning of deliveries for each fashions in 2025.