https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/bugatti-e2-80-99s-first-electric-car-will-be-a-e2-80-98more-affordable-e2-80-99-four-seater/ar-BBX0Zya Bugatti’s First Electric Car Will Be a ‘More Affordable’ Four-Seater 11/20/2019 Bryan Hood
It won’t surprise anyone paying attention to auto industry trends that Bugatti is ready to go electric. But what come as something of a shock is how the company plans to do it. The French marque has revealed plans to enter the EV market not with a supercar but with a four-seater. The French automaker wants to appeal to a broader audience by offering a slightly more affordable second model alongside the $2.7 million Chyron, reports Bloomberg Businessweek. For all the petrolheads out there clutching their chests, the company’s version of “more affordable” still sits squarely in the luxury category: The four-seater will cost between $550,000 and $1.1 million. Bugatti is said to be in negotiations with parent company Volkswagen Group to help fund the vehicle, which is expected to be an electric-powered grand tourer or crossover that will seat four. Admitting that it is a “hard fight” to secure the funding for the project, Bugatti CEO Stephan Winkelmann also said that it is vital to the company’s future. “The industry is changing fundamentally, and we have to address what opportunities there are to develop Bugatti as a brand going forward,” he told the financial publication. With Volkswagen paying more attention to finances since 2015’s diesel emission scandal, Bugatti is under more scrutiny than it has been since its resurrection in 1998. Technological innovation—like breaking the 300 mph barrier—is no longer enough for a brand that’s famous for hemorrhaging money. Fortunately, Winkelmann, who previously headed up fellow Volkswagen AG brand Lamborghini, might be just the sort of outside-the-box thinker to lead Bugatti into its new future. While at the Italian automaker, he played a significant role in adding the Urus SUV to the marque’s lineup. Bugatti appears to be betting that a four-seat EV—which the it has previously only played around with in concept form—could find similar success in the market. Of course, Bugatti isn’t the first supercar maker to jump aboard the electric drivetrain. This year, Lamborghini unveiled the hybrid Sián concept, which was soon followed by reports that that marque would pursue an all-electric grand tourer. Time will tell if supercar enthusiasts will be willing to exchange the rumble of a combustion engine for an EV’s silent speed. But from the impressive first entries in the category, that exchange is looking less and less painful. [© msn.com] [video, bugatti-related https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HxfNbkHMmg The Incredible Story of the Bugatti in the Lake Nov 19, 2018 Robb Report https://bit.ly/2KgZp9Z According to legend, French race car driver René Dreyfus (winner of the Monaco Grand Prix in 1930) was in a liquor-fueled game of poker with Swiss playboy Adalbert Bodé in Paris in 1934. Short on cash, Dreyfus bet his 1925 Bugatti Type 22 Brescia race car and lost it to Bodé. Shortly thereafter, it found its way to the bottom of a lake, where it stayed for the rest of the century. When Bodé returned to Switzerland, he was stopped at the border and told that he could not take the car with him. As gambler’s fortunes tend to wax and wane, Bodé was notable to get the cash together to get the car out of customs, and it was marked for destruction like any other confiscated contraband. Being a different time, Swiss authorities decided the easiest, if not the most ecologically friendly, method of disposal would be to dump it into the Lago Maggiore. There the masterpiece of French design sat until 2009, when it was finally recovered. Though many people knew the car was somewhere in the lake, no one had yet committed to bringing it up. Unfortunately, its reemergence was brought on by tragedy when a member of the local salvage diving club was beaten to death by three young people in a street attack. In an effort to raise money for a charity dedicated to preventing youth violence, the club committed to bringing up the car. ] https://www.motor1.com/news/383092/bugatti-four-seat-electric-car/ Bugatti In Talks With VW Group About Four-Seat Electric Car Nov 19, 2019 ... It needs the help of its parent company ... a 4seat e-powered grand tourer or crossover ... Admitting that it is a “hard fight” to secure the funding for the project ... https://cdn.motor1.com/images/mgl/YvRm0/s1/bugatti-galibier-concept.jpg + (Russkie has huge fossil fuel reserves =$B 2b made)) https://belsat.eu/en/news/russia-bars-belarus-from-reducing-import-duty-on-electric-cars/ Russia bars Belarus from reducing import duty on electric cars 2019.11.25 Russia has spoken against Belarus' intention to cut down the duties on importing electric vehicles, Valyantsina Nahavitsyna, Deputy Head of the State Customs ... https://belsat.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/5-8-692x390-1-660x372.jpg For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ {brucedp.neocities.org} -- Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
