Welcome to the Silex Power Cheerios - sorry, Chreos.This is a start-up based in Malta and the initial publicity and drawings remind me of the early releases from Eterniti with their Hemorrhoid, which eventually transmogrified into the re-jigged Porsche Cayenne that is the Artemis - so nothing like they were initially claiming - and with most of their setting up done by Porsche.
Another thing that makes me sceptical about the Chreos is that everything shown so far is computer-generated.
And some of their claims seem highly optimistic:
This is an electric car with a range of 1000km (620 miles in real money) and a full charge time of just 10 minutes.
It can also do 185mph and has a sub 3 second 0-60 time.
Fisker must be very worried.
If the claims are to be believed, then this will be an electric car that could be used in the real world in place of a petrol car.
GM, Ford, Toyota etc. must all also be worried.
Silex Power's Website has a promotional video that looks OK:
although the font they use is a bit tricky to read. The car looks like a Bugatti Galibier from the side and an Alfa-Romeo from the front but since it's all CGI that doen't really mean much yet.
They are being very cagey about their batteries but say it is just a development of existing technologies, They also say that the recharge uses something called Hypercharging - there is some information on their site about how this will work but it involves lots of numbers and talk of inverters and kilowatts and amps that went over my head.
They say that they will build their first full-size prototype in July and be selling the cars in 2015.
If they are right, then this is a very big deal. Fox News have picked up on the story but, apart from them, I'm not seeing a lot of coverage.
Is it too good to be true?
Ask a serial optimist...
...or a cereal optimist.
Geddit!?
Oh well, cheerio.