Piëch Automotive
{{short description|Swiss car manufacturer}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Piëch Automotive AG
| logo = PIËCH.jpg
| type = public limited company
| industry = Automotive
| fate =
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| founded = 2017
| founders = {{Unbulleted list|Rea Stark Rajcic |Anton Piech}}
| defunct =
| hq_location_city = Zug
| hq_location_country = Switzerland
| area_served =
| key_people = {{Unbulleted list|Anton Piech (Chairman)|Tobias Moers (Co-CEO) |Klaus Schmidt (CTO)|Dr. Timo Kauer (CFO)|Rea Stark Rajcic|(CDO)|}}
| products = Electric vehicles
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| parent = Piëch Holding AG
| website = {{URL |https://piech.com/ }}
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Piëch Automotive is an electric car manufacturer based in Zug, Switzerland, founded in August 2017 by Anton "Toni" Piëch and Rea Stark Rajcic.{{cite web|title=Piëch Mark Zero – Une supercar électrique réalisée par le fils de Ferdinand Piëch|url=https://www.4legend.com/2019/piech-mark-zero-une-supercar-electrique-realisee-par-le-fils-de-ferdinand-piech|author=Sylvain Richard|website=4legend.com|date=19 February 2019|access-date=20 February 2019|publication-date=}}
History
Anton Piëch, son of Ferdinand Piëch, former CEO of the Volkswagen Group and great-grandson of Ferdinand Porsche,{{Cite web|url=https://www.autobild.de/artikel/piech-automotive-group-2017-supersportwagen-12564553.html|title=Piëch baut eigenen Sportwagen|date=2017-09-07|website=Autobild|language=german|access-date=2019-04-09}} founded Piëch Automotive in 2017 with industrial designer Rea Stark Rajcic.{{cite web|title=Piëch Automotive startet in Genf durch|url=https://www.n-tv.de/auto/Piech-Automotive-startet-in-Genf-durch-article20865096.html|agency=N-tv|language=de|date=19 February 2019|publication-date=}}
Piëch Automotive presented their first model, the GT Mark Zero (or Mk0), at the 2019 Geneva International Motor Show.{{Cite web|url=https://www.automobil-industrie.vogel.de/pi%C3%ABch-automotive-startet-in-genf-durch-a-801343/|title=Piëch Automotive startet in Genf durch|last=Hommen|first=Mario|date=2019-02-19|website=Automobil Industrie|language=german|access-date=2019-04-09}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.drivingelectric.com/news/910/piech-mark-zero-electric-sports-car-concept-revealed|title=Piech Mark Zero electric sports car concept revealed|date=2019-03-06|website=drivingelectric.com|access-date=2019-04-09}}
The particularity of Piëch Automotive's engineering is its modular concept, which makes it possible to keep software and hardware components up to date, in order to keep up with developments and technical progress, so the powertrain is interchangeable, while maintaining the structure and bodywork of the vehicle.{{Cite web|url=https://www.automobilwoche.de/article/20190221/NACHRICHTEN/190229981/prototyp-wird-in-genf-enthuellt-piech-automotive-vor-auftritt-mit-knalleffekt|title=Piëch Automotive vor Auftritt mit Knalleffekt|last=Erberich|first=Marcus|date=2019-02-21|website=Automobilwoche|language=german|access-date=2019-04-09}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.electrive.net/2019/03/04/piech-automotive-setzt-bei-mark-zero-auf-neuen-zelltyp/|title=Piëch Automotive setzt bei Mark Zero auf neuen Zelltyp|last=Werwitzke|first=Cora|date=2019-03-04|website=electrive.net|language=german|access-date=2019-04-09}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.autohaus.de/nachrichten/piech-mark-zero-concept-neuer-sportwagen-mit-grossem-namen-2270176.html|title=Neuer Sportwagen mit großem Namen|last=Deck|first=Uli|date=2019-03-07|website=Autohaus|access-date=2019-04-09}} The entire vehicle concept is designed and engineered for lean manufacturing with external partners without vertically integrating any production in the company.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bild.de/bild-plus/geld/wirtschaft/auto-news/exklusive-fotos-attacke-auf-porsche-ein-pich-baut-jetzt-elektro-sportwagen-60439108.bild.html|title=Exklusive Fotos - Attacke auf Porsche! Ein Piëch baut jetzt Elektro-Sportwagen|website=bild.de|language=de|access-date=2019-04-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/mittelstand/familienunternehmer/anton-piech-was-der-urenkel-von-ferdinand-porsche-mit-seiner-automarke-vorhat/24088024.html|title=Anton Piëch: Was der Urenkel von Ferdinand Porsche mit seiner Automarke vorhat|website=www.handelsblatt.com|language=de|access-date=2019-04-10}}
Mark Zero concept
{{Infobox automobile
| name = Piëch Mark Zero GT
| image = Piech Mark Zero Genf 2019 1Y7A5871.jpg
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| manufacturer = Piech Automotive
| aka = Mark Zero, or Mk0
| production = 2019 (Mark Zero) 2028 (GT)
| model_years = 2028
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| class = Supercar Concept Car
| motor = Front: 150 kW
Rear: 2x150 kW
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| range = 500 km
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| height = {{convert|49.21|in|mm|1|abbr=on|order=flip}}
| weight = {{convert|3968.32|-|3968.32|lb|kg|0|abbr=on|order=flip}}
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The Piëch Mark Zero GT, whose first sketches date back to 2017, was presented as a concept car at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2019.
= Design =
The car is a two-seater sports coupé in the contemporary style. The first models should be delivered in 2022 equipped with electric motors and a battery positioned on the central tunnel as far as the rear axle, for a weight of 1,800 kg. The Mark Zero will be able to accommodate thermal, hybrid or fuel cell powertrains thanks to its modular platform, which is planned to be used for an SUV and a "Piëch sedan" in a second phase.
=Motorization=
The Mark Zero is equipped with three electric motors, a 150 kW asynchronous electric motor mounted on the front axle and two independent synchronous electric motors mounted on the rear axle of 150 kW each, providing a total power of 600 hp.{{cite web|title=Salon Auto de Genève : Mark Zéro, la sportive électrique qui se recharge en 5 minutes|url=https://www.clubic.com/transport-electrique/actualite-851493-salon-auto-geneve-mark-zero-sportive-electrique-recharge-5-minutes.html|author=Grégoire Huvelin|website=clubic.com|date=6 March 2019|publication-date=}}{{cite web|title=Piëch Mark Zero : une GT électrique prometteuse|url=http://www.automobile-sportive.com/news.php?page=piech-mark-zero-une-gt-electrique-prometteuse-20190305|agency=Automobile-Sportive.com|date=5 March 2019|publication-date=}}.
Piëch claims its innovative battery is 80% rechargeable in 4 min 40 s on a 380 kW fast terminal that has not yet been deployed in 2019, for a range of 500 km.
=Reception=
The design of the new car concept was mainly evaluated positively.{{Cite web|url=https://www.topspeed.com/cars/zzz-others/2019-piech-mark-zero/|title=A new all-electric performance star rises in Zürich?|last=Lopez|first=Jonathan|date=2019-03-13|website=TopSpeed.com|access-date=2019-04-09}}Philipp Vetter: [https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/plus190297463/Piech-Sohn-macht-Porsche-mit-eigenen-Sportwagen-Konkurrenz.htmlhttps://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/plus190297463/Piech-Sohn-macht-Porsche-mit-eigenen-Sportwagen-Konkurrenz.html], Die Welt, German. March 3, 2019. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
Klaus Schmidt for example, former sportscar developer of the BMW M GmbH, describes the design as unique.{{Cite web|url=https://www.adac.de/der-adac/motorwelt/reportagen-berichte/auto-innovation/piech-mark-zero/|title=Piëch Mark Zero: Der Anti-Tesla|last=Rudschies|first=Wolfgang|date=2019-03-13|website=ADAC|language=german|access-date=2019-04-09}}
=Production=
In September 2021 the company began testing the Piëch GT4 and the car was expected to go into production mid-2024.{{Cite web|url=https://wegoelectric.net/swiss-ev-start-up-piech-automotive-begins-testing-of-its-gt-electric-sports-car/|title=Swiss EV start-up Piëch Automotive begins testing of its GT electric sports car
|access-date=2021-07-10}} The production version is expected to do zero to 60 mph in under three seconds, and 0 to 124 mph clocks less than nine seconds. Piëch says it is working with Chinese company TGOOD on a proprietary charger that can refill 80% of the battery in five minutes {{Cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/piech-gt-electric-sports-car-192100174.html|title=Piech GT electric sports car prepares for 2024 launch|access-date=2021-07-10}} In June 2024 the model was updated with a new look with production starting for 2028.https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a61018498/piech-gt-concept-revealed/
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Piëch Automotive}}
- [https://piech.com/ Official Website of Piëch Automotive]
{{Automotive industry in Switzerland}}
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