Tesla has led the market in high performance electric cars since they were introduced on the market, but now it seems as though the American car company has some healthy competition. Chinese auto manufacturer Youxia Motors unveiled this week its own version of the high powered electric car the Youxia Ranger X, and no big surprise here, it’s totally awesome. Whether it will be able to stand up against Elon Musk, and the team behind Tesla remains to be seen. Chances are you won’t be able to get one in America anytime soon, but for now we can all gawk at the Youxia Ranger X and dream of seeing them on roads near us in the future.
What makes the Youxia Ranger X different from other electric sports cars?
Youxia Ranger X is far from your average electric car, and is guaranteed to be the most innovative vehicle that you’ve ever seen. While some have begun to draw similarities between the Youxia Ranger X and Tesla’s cars, Several features make the car different from anything that Tesla has ever designed before. The car is capable of reaching 0-60 km in only 2.8 seconds, features a computer system that keeps the car from drifting into other lanes, a battery pack that sits under the chassis allowing more stable driving and longer battery life, and last but certainly not least you can actually talk to the car in the form of verbal commands.
A real life Knight Rider ‘Kitt’
According to the Youxia Motors website, “Speak with the car, 82-year US drama “Ranger X” fantasy, but now, we let it become real in Ranger X, you can use a variety of sentence, let the car for you to play your favorite music, send text messages , make phone calls, adjust the air conditioning and the like.” The Youxia Ranger X is essentially 100% hands-free, and instead operates by entirely verbal commands much like the car KITT from the popular television show ‘Knight Rider’. The car also allows the option to completely customize what is displayed on the front grill of the car as described by Youxia Motors, “Programmable front face display you can display any sign or animation you want the front face, whether Ranger LOGO, Ranger X flashing lights, or a Batman logo! None of the two people, nor the same two Ranger X.”
When can we expect to see the Youxia Ranger X on the road in the future?
It will be a while before Youxia Ranger X appears anywhere, because a Chinese release is slated for 2016, and when the car will appear on streets in the United States is still unknown. In the meantime we can watch reruns of ‘Knight Rider’ to prepare for a future where talking cars are driving up and down streets with pulsing animations glowing on their grills thanks to Youxia Motors team of innovators.
