2020 Drako GTE

Drako is a Silicon Valley electric car start-up that has developed a 1,200 horsepower supercar that features a custom 4-motor drivetrain. At a cost of US$1,250,000 Drako is set to produce only 25 production versions of the GTE, which is a four-door sedan that seats 4 passengers and is based off the old Fisker Karma chassis. A 90 kWh, 450-volt, 10,000 cell battery pack has been fitted which should equate to a driving range of around 250 miles. For recharging the GTE can take up to 150 kW fast charging speeds.

The centerpiece of the GTE is the companies DriveOS software. Each of the four electric motors have their own direct-drive gearbox with no differential, tese are all individually controlled by DriveOS. That software is able to compute a new torque value for each wheel every 10 milliseconds, using the steering angle, slip angle, wheel-speed sensors, accelerator, and brakes. It then applies positive and negative torque to each individual wheel, to aid in cornering control, performance, and safety.