The Apex AP-0 is an electric supercar to be engineered and built in the UK and designed by Brit Guy Colborne, known for the Elemental RP1.
The AP-0 is described as race-inspired and road legal, and while the model revealed today is a concept, the car is set to make production in late 2022, with prices starting from £150,000.
The zero-emissions model is the latest in a list of electric supercars being revealed worldwide from a variety of start-ups and established players, all of which hope to create driving appeal in the traditionally more sedate EV market. These include the Pininfarina Battista, Rimac C_Two, Dendrobium D-1 and Lotus Evija.
However, the ethos behind the car is more in line with the Elemental RP1 or KTM X-Bow but intends to offer more on-road comfort than either of those models, given that it is not an open-top.
Apex claims the AP-0, which produces 650bhp and 428lb ft of torque, is capable of 0-62mph in 2.3sec, with a top speed of 190mph. This rapid benchmark sprint is slower than those claimed by the Battista and C_Two, which promise “under two seconds” and 1.9sec respectively, but quicker than the RP1 and X-Bow.
Apex says the car is not intended to be a hypercar. “This is reflected in the price, power output and vehicle weight. Instead, this is a sports car that was designed to be light, fast and a statement of intent for Apex to create the world’s finest zero-emissions sports cars which are usable and comfortable on the road but transform into a pure driver’s car on a race track,” it said.
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Hasn't it got adjustable ride
Best of luck to them, I actually quite like it.
Chimaeras and other mythical creatures.
I'd happily buy one if I could afford it, and wasn't married, but they should probably build a factory before magicking up delivery dates. It's almost as if they've never heard of TVR.
And it won't get out of the factory shed if they don't raise the ride height a smudge.
Let’s hope
If this is really achievable for £150k then it suggests that by the end of the decade we'll be able to buy similarly capable production sports cars for real world prices. A hell of a lot more relevant to enthusiasts than a £1.5m Lotus. We need people like this with big ambitions to keep things moving on. All power to them.