Xing Mobility’s Miss R electric supercar

XING Mobility, an electric vehicle startup from Taipei, exhibited its full range of electric powertrain solutions at Autosport International. Founded in Taipei in 2015, this Taiwanese company develops advanced energy storage and electric drive technology using the development of extreme-performance racecars and supercars as its R&D platform. Its mission is to provide tightly integrated electric powertrains to the world’s commercial and industrial vehicle makers

In November last year it revealed ‘Miss R’, its 1 Megawatt (1,341 hp) rally-inspired supercar prototype, set for completion in late 2018. Featuring one 350V motor per wheel and projected performance of 0-100 km/h in 1.8 seconds, the prototype features dual-personality on-track/off-road capabilities, and extremely fast air-release battery swap technology that sees the entire battery enclosure exchanged within a claimed 5 minutes.

The reveal comes shortly after Tesla announced its second-generation 2020 Roadster, the specs of which on the surface are very similar to that of Miss R. However, while the Tesla Roadster aims to achieve an experience based on existing sportscar ideals on the road, XING Mobility designed Miss R with an entirely different aspiration: reaching unthinkable performance capabilities on-road, on-track and off-road, and achieving the kind of versatile driving experience that has never been available to drivers before.

The company is now making the ultra-high output electric powertrain and drive systems technology developed and tested in Miss R available for motorsport and commercial vehicle applications. Alongside in-house developed torque-vectoring gearbox systems, the company will be introducing the “secret sauce” behind its performance capabilities: its patented immersive-cooling battery system.

The technology works by submerging cells directly in 3M Novec 7200 Engineered Fluid, allowing sufficient battery cooling to achieve extremely high performance, higher charge and discharge rates, extended battery life and a greater level of predictability. The pack is currently one of the highest power density electric vehicle battery packs on the market, using exceptionally lightweight packaging material to offer up to 50% weight saving in comparison to rivals.

The first modularised system of its kind, the company considers its stackable battery packs to be the best solution for vehicle makers in the racing and motorsport world. Its Lego-like design caters to a wide variety of shapes, sizes and power requirements and uniquely enables the company to deliver one-off custom pack design in as little two weeks.

While Tesla has ambitions of becoming world-class car makers, XING Mobility is positioned as a provider of powertrain systems to commercial and industrial vehicle manufacturers. Using supercar as proof of concept, the company have begun to serve this extremely under-served market by deploying Miss R’s powertrain technology in industry vehicles worldwide.

“Miss R is the embodiment of the paradigm shift of EVs surpassing traditional combustion-engine cars in both performance and capability,” explained Royce YC Hong, XING Mobility’s co-founder and CEO. “The core idea behind the prototype is to achieve game-changing performance levels and driving experiences that are otherwise impossible to achieve in a gasoline-powered vehicle.”