Czinger is rewriting the rule book on how to build cars. The California-based company first unveiled a prototype version of its 21C hypercar in March 2020 prior to the canceled Geneva International Motor Show, and now we finally get to see it in full production guise.
Only 80 units of its halo model will be built and each component manufactured uses technology that was computationally engineered using Artificial Intelligence, optimised for weight and performance, and finished by hand. The hypercar is designed, built, and manufactured in Los Angeles. It features an inline seating configuration for two people.
Czinger says the latest version is wider, at 2 050 mm and has a dry weight of just 1 240 kilograms. For the record, it’s powered by an in-house 2,88-litre, flat-crank V8 twin turbo motor (with a redline of 11,000 r/min!). The combustion motor can use several types of fuels, including carbon recycled methanol and other e-fuels, so it can be run as a zero emission vehicle.
In addition to the mid-mounted engine there are two high output electric motors, each powering a front wheel with torque vectoring, total output from the hybrid system is 932 kW. The result is a power-to-weight ratio that hits the magical 1:1. It sends power to the rear axle via a seven-speed sequential transaxle gearbox with a hydraulic actuated multi-plate clutch.
The 2,88-litre V8 is coupled with an 800 V electric drive and regenerative system and an e-motor drives each front wheel and the batteries are charged during operation both through regenerative braking and a Motor Generator Unit (MGU).
Czinger’s manufacturing process is like something out of a science fiction film. The system includes automated AI based design and optimisation software, patented additive manufacturing driven processes, high accuracy automated assembly and novel performance materials.
Using 3d printing the company engineered, printed and assembled each component of the car.
Presented in two fully homologated specifications, a lightweight high downforce configuration and a low drag configuration, both cars are powered by Czinger’s in-house powertrain and display its iconic design language and in-line seating architecture.
