Italian startup Aehra on Friday unveiled its second mannequin, an aero-styled sedan.

Unveiled on the 2023 Milan Motor Present, this EV, recognized merely because the Aehra sedan, follows the Aehra SUV unveiled final November. Aehra beforehand stated the SUV would begin manufacturing in 2025, with the Sedan following a 12 months later, however now says each fashions will arrive in 2026.

Former Lamborghini design boss Filippo Perini, and now chief design officer of Aehra, oversaw design of each the SUV and Sedan. Whereas no drag coefficient numbers have been quoted, an Aehra press launch stated the Sedan incorporates lively aerodynamic components, and options carbon-fiber composite bodywork.

Aehra Sedan idea

Aehra additionally quoted a 497-mile vary, probably as measured on the European WLTP testing cycle. Which means vary could also be a bit much less if the Sedan involves North America and is rated by the EPA.

Aehra claims to be growing its personal platform and is working with Austria’s Miba Battery Programs on battery {hardware} tailor-made to it. The startup beforehand indicated that it plans to emphasize effectivity and battery repairability over all-out efficiency.

The Aehra Sedan will compete towards electrical luxurious sedans just like the Lucid Air and Porsche Taycan. Each EVs do emphasize efficiency, however matched with dramatically totally different ranges of effectivity. The Lucid Air manages to rise up to 516 miles out of a cost of the 112-kwh battery pack. Nonetheless Porsche has realized that it must get extra vary out of its battery pack in Taycan.

Aehra Sedan idea

And the concentrate on aero is not unique to the premium manufacturers. Volkswagen has adopted such a design philosophy for its upcoming ID.7, claiming to have achieved a coefficient of drag of simply 0.23.

Aehra plans a manufacturing rollout for “key markets” in 2026, together with North America, Europe, China, and the Gulf States. However as Lucid and different EV startups have proven, getting vehicles to clients generally is a massive raise for a brand new firm. So we’ll have to attend and see how issues unfold.