Description
Added on the 05/03/2018 23:15:13 - Copyright : Auto Moto EN
Players of Xbox Game Studios’ and Playground Games’ Forza Horizon 5 can now take control of the latest CUPRA concept to join the vehicle stable. Players are invited to step behind the wheel of the all-electric race concept-car with a truly rebellious spirit. It’s coming to the real world in 2025 (as a road-version), however Forza Horizon fans can experience the CUPRA UrbanRebel Racing Concept before anyone else in Forza Horizon 5. Designed, developed, and built in Barcelona, the race concept-car mixes electrification, sustainability and performance integrating virtual aesthetics to create a design language for the future generation of electric vehicles. CUPRA injected a gamification look to the racing car, and now it becomes a reality in one of the most iconic video games.The CUPRA UrbanRebel Racing Concept take its livery surface that adapts and changes as the light moves across it, as well as a large spoiler with integrated lights that nods to the racecars of the virtual world into Forza Horizon 5’s vibrant open world where players can immerse themselves in a deep campaign mode with hundreds of rewarding challenges, lead breathtaking expeditions, and meet new characters in Horizon Story missions.
Finally the secret was revealed - the first time a virtual racing car became a real one - in addition it drives all-electric. This week, one of Germany's most renowned car brands in Neuburg on the Danube presented the Audi e-tron Vision Gran Turismo. The vehicle originated from the presentation of the virtual counterpart, also redesigned, from the video game Gran Turismo. Creating the first all-electric race car based on a solid exterior template presented a major challenge for engineers and designers to master. That's how virtuality became reality.
CUPRA has spent the past four years reinventing motorsport and going out to win, developing the e-Racer – the world’s first 100% electric touring car – and recording achievements in competitions like the FIA ETCR series and Extreme E. CUPRA is a brand with racing in its DNA, with big ambitions for sustainable racing. Now CUPRA – which has the ambition to become a fully electrified brand by 2030 – is ready for the next stage of its development and will join ABT to compete in Formula E, the world’s leading electric racing competition, for the 2023 season. It’s a natural step for CUPRA as it strives to transform the racing world and prove that electrification and performance are a perfect match.ABB FIA Formula E – the world’s first all-electric FIA World Championship and the only sport that has been net-zero certified since its inception – and CUPRA share the same DNA, and both reach a diverse audience that shares a common attitude. It’s a group made up of technology and innovation enthusiasts that merge the physical and digital worlds. Like CUPRA, Formula E is present in the metaverse with an official blockchain racing game, and both brands reach individuals that value sustainability and are passionate about racing and performance.
Maserati MSG Racing is pleased to unveil the livery of the Maserati Tipo Folgore Gen3 - the first fully electric racing car in the history of Maserati - that will compete in Season 9 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.Unveiled on the streets of Modena, home of Maserati – the first Italian automotive brand to enter Formula E – the Maserati Tipo Folgore brings racing back to the people right in the heart of the city. Inspired by the Trident’s iconic blue hue, the Maserati Tipo Folgore Gen3 is the ultimate in electrifying high performance, efficiency and cutting-edge technology that will ‘Race Beyond’, a platform to transfer innovation from circuit to road.The first racing car to bear the Trident logo was the Tipo 26, which debuted in 1926 at the Targa Florio, finishing first place in its class with Alfieri Maserati at the wheel. Now, 96 years later, the Maserati Tipo Folgore, audaciously portraying the Trident, enters the electrification era, accelerating Maserati’s commitment to Folgore, the brands 100% new electric range.The new livery for the Maserati Tipo Folgore has been created to give a contemporary and pure look. The Maserati Trident is naturally prominent on the nose cone along with the Maserati Corse logo containing the Italian Tricolore sitting either side of the bulkhead.The Gen3 will be the fastest and most efficient Formula E car yet, with front and rear powertrains delivering 600kW of regenerative power and 95% power efficiency allowing for more than 40% of the energy used within a race to come from regenerative braking alone. The track expertise, technology and software used in Formula E is a key part to this competitiveness and will transfer to Maserati’s high-end road cars with the imminent introduction of its Folgore range.The Maserati Tipo Folgore will soon head to Valencia, Spain, for pre-season testing before taking to the track of Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez City in Mexico City,14 January 2023, to commence the 17-race calendar and the start of a season that breaks ground in a new era of electric racing.
When you’re the defending champion of a competition you have to raise your game in a big way, and that’s exactly what CUPRA has done with its new team, CUPRA EKS, where veterans Mattias Ekström and Jordi Gené join new generation racers Tom Blomqvist and Adrien Tambay. In a few days’ time, the four will make their debut on the Pau Ville street circuit in France with a common goal - to defend the FIA ETCR eTouring Car World Cup electric touring car manufacturers’ championship title.
Marc ter Stegen is about to get into the CUPRA Born for the first time. The brand’s first 100% electric model will also be the first electric car for the Barça goalie. It’s an important moment for this staunch advocate of sustainability, but before handing him the keys, CUPRA CEO Wayne Griffiths has something to show him - the place where the CUPRA Born was created where some of the best-kept secrets of the brand’s future are kept.
|
Support : Technical 
- Content 
- Editors 
