This electric supercar concept from Finland splashed onto the automotive scene approximately 9 years ago, and after making some noise, seemingly vanished without a trace. This is the very intriguing 2015 Toroidion 1MW Concept Car, the design model for a prototype that was later developed by following the talented vision of Pasi Pennanen, Toroidion’s CEO. After working 20 years in the automotive industry, Pennanen decided to construct his very own supercar, which was initially intended to be used in the famous 24 hours of Le Mans. The 1MW concept was developed as an electric car with power coming from, as Toroidion describes, a central stator divided in multiple sections, each fed a three-phase current with separate frenquency convetors. In other words, four electric motors that send power to each axle of the car separately, with a the font axle housing a pair of motors (268hp each) and the rear axel utilizing another pair (402hp each) to make for a combined power output of 1,340hp. If that’s not already impressive, the car was hand-built featuring unique elements such as gullwing-style doors, a sleek blue exterior paint finish, and a race-inspired interior featuring racing harnesses and an overall minimalistic design, offering only the absolutely necessary buttons and switches needed for performance driving. Notably, the 1000kW at 48V electric powertrain is the first of it’s kind in the world, and featured easily swappable battery packs with smaller size and less weight than most conventional electric vehicles at the time. Despite the promising looks, performance, and idea behind the 1MW concept car, it seems as though the company has been dormant over the past couple of years. This particular model shown here is non-functional, and serves as the design study for the functional prototype that they had later constructed.
How many made? 1 prototype, 1 design study
Engine: two 268 hp (200 kW) electric motors at the front and two 402 hp (300 kW) electric motors at the rear (prototype)
Debut: April 2015 at Top Marques Monaco
Top speed: 249mph (claimed)
0-60: under 3 seconds (claimed)
Photo Credit: @tekniikanmuseo
Research: @rarecarsonly