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Estrema Fulminea 2023.

Estrema Fulminea: Italian competitor Rimac Nevera wants to break the Nürburgring record.

Automobili Estrema, headquartered in Modena, Italy, plans to present a production version of its electric supercar Fulminea (the name translates from Italian as «lightning fast») in June this year and go to the Nürburgring in September to set a record time of passing the North Loop.

We already told about Automobili Estrema in May of the last year. It was founded by Gianfranco Pizzuto, having more than 30 years of experience in automobile business.

For some reason, Pizzuto’s involvement in the failed startup Fisker Automotive (not to be confused with Henrik Fisker’s current company) is especially prominent, but we want to believe that Automobili Estrema will do better.

Pizzuto and his team of experienced Italian engineers and managers want to produce electric sports cars with advanced technical stuffing.

The debut Fulminea, which went from sketches to full-size prototype last year, will be equipped with a four-engine powertrain (one at each wheel) with a combined output of 1.5 MW (2040 hp).

It is promised crazy dynamics: up to 320 km/h Estrema Fulminea can accelerate in less than 10 seconds, to 100 km/h — in less than 2 seconds. The maximum speed will be at 350 km/h.

Fulminea has a combined power system, it consists of a installed behind the cabin solid lithium-ion battery in a case-like carbon fiber body and two supercapacitors, located near the front axle — they are just responsible for «lightning» acceleration.

The battery capacity is 100 kWh, the estimated range on a single charge — 520 km on the WLTP cycle.

The solid-state battery is being developed by the Belgian company ABEE (Avesta Battery & Energy Engineering), and the Turkish company IMECAR Elektronik is responsible for the coordinated work of all components of the power plant.

The Fulminea battery will weigh 300 kg, the supercar itself — no more than 1500 kg.

Automobili Estrema plans to release 61 copies of Fulminea, the price will be about 2 million euros.

The serial version of the Estrema is scheduled to show in June this year, and in September it is planned to conquer the Nürburgring, for what a crowdfunding campaign on the Kickstarter resource was launched.

The goal is to collect 99 thousand euros to set the record and it is already clear that the necessary amount will not be collected.

The campaign ends on January 12, and at the time of our publication only 11,450 euros have been raised.