This Bonkers New Electric Car Is a Track-Only Ride With a Massive Rear Wing

This new car may not a fit for grocery shopping—but it’s something you can show off to your friends while testing its limits on the track.

Spanish company Baltasar unveiled its Revolt R concept this month in Barcelona. The new auto is an all-electric, 1,763-pound, no-windshield track beast, and its signature feature is an enormous, show-stopping rear wing that sits above the roll bar.

The Revolt R concept is an evolution of a previous roadster version of the Revolt introduced in 2021. That car was said to make 500 brake horsepower from two electric motors, and the Revolt R would likely do the same, though Baltasar has not released power specifications. The company has said that charging to 80 percent should take place in five minutes. Beyond that, not many details are available.

Baltasar, founded in Barcelona, has been around since 2011. The brand said the original Revolt roadster would be delivered in 2022, a year that came and went. Now, the car might be ready for next year, according to Top Gear. The Revolt R is the latest version of the auto and is intended to maintain interest in what is the passion project of former race car driver Baltasar López. Top Gear also says the Revolt R “should cost around €450,000,” or just over half a million dollars, which is enough money to buy you at least one Ferrari.

As any carmaker will tell you, and especially any neophyte carmaker, it’s awfully easy to make a concept car and awfully hard to mass-produce a car, or even make a small run of functioning, sellable cars. That, too, is in the midst of a hyper-competitive space with opponents with a lot more resources and experience. But in over a century of companies building machines to go fast, that hasn’t stopped thousands from trying.

The list of electric cars that go fast is also emerging as a somewhat niche field, with entrants like the McMurtry Spéirling, which is almost 1,000 horsepower; the Hispano Suiza Carmen Sagrera, which makes 1,100 horsepower; and the Ariel Hipercar, which will make a claimed 1,180 horsepower, among many others. Much of this is due to the fact that electric cars are a simpler build than internal combustion engine one-offs, with fewer parts and the differentiators primarily being styling, aerodynamics, and braking. Whether any of these cars will break through beyond press releases and occasional track events will be a measure of how big the market for fast electric cars currently is.

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