The major auto show currently being held in Guangzhou is expected to be the place where new electric car models will be announced, and Baidu-backed company Jiyue has unveiled the Robo X, a very ambitious electric sports car. It reaches 100 km/h in less than 1.9 seconds and runs on autopilot on the race track.

Baidu’s partner in this project is the Chinese holding Geely, which currently owns the British brand Lotus, so there is almost no reason to doubt the sporting ambitions of the Jiyue brand. In addition, Baidu’s traditional expertise in information technologies provides the car not only with an advanced voice assistant support, but also with a full-fledged SAE level four autopilot, which allows the sports car to move at high speed on the race track. without human intervention.

The “race of ambition” of electric sports car manufacturers now has them fighting for a tenth of a second in the “less than two seconds” range when it comes to the time to reach 100 km/h, and in this context, Jiyue Robo also comes into play. The

It is noteworthy that Jiyue Robo X combines hurricane acceleration dynamics with a 650 km range provided by the combination of a 100 kWh capacity traction battery and good aerodynamics. The authors of the car claim that when developing the design, they were inspired by the appearance of aircraft fighters, and similar features will become the standard of car design for the next two decades. The body of the machine is made of high-strength aluminum and carbon fiber, and its weight does not exceed 1850 kg.

The double lounge invites you to dive through two guillotine doors. The stocky silhouette is determined by the proportions of the body: 4650 mm in length and 2000 mm in width, its height does not exceed 1195 mm. At the same time, the wheelbase of 2700 mm provides both good stability and solid space in the cabin, which is natural given the presence of two seats.

Pre-orders for this car are already being accepted in China, you need to put down a deposit of less than $7,000 to get in line, but the exact price of the supercar has not been announced. Mass production will not start until 2027, so thematic publications will have to mention this model in the news more than once in the next few years.