At the recent LA Auto Show, Californian company Hyperion unveiled its hydrogen electric hypercar, the XP-1. The first information about this car appeared two years ago, and it attracted the most attention thanks to its impressive specifications.

The car is still a prototype and the company announced that they plan to produce only 300 units. Also, the plan was to start production in 2022, but as the year is coming to an end, that will not happen.

In person, the car looks futuristic with its unconventional proportions, complex intakes and parts that stick out from the body including adaptive wings covered with solar panels. Thanks to the carbon-titanium monocoque structure, aluminum suspension, body reinforced with titanium composite and the absence of a massive battery, the car weighs only 1,032 kg, which is significantly less than most competitors.

It is powered by four electric motors with a total power of 2,038 hp (1,499 kW), which is enough to push the car to 62 mph in just 2.25 seconds with a top speed of 221 mph (355 km/h). The XP-1 has AWD and a range of 1,635 kilometers when the carbon tanks are full of hydrogen, and the filling process takes less than five minutes.

Source: Hyperion