The ELEXTRA electric supercar is a Swiss-designed, German-built four-door grand tourer that entered the electric hypercar conversation with a bold proposition: 680 horsepower, a 0-100 km/h sprint in under 2.3 seconds, and a range of 600 km at 100 km/h, figures that challenge the established benchmark cars on both performance and efficiency simultaneously. Designed by Swiss designer Robert Palm and planned for hand assembly near Stuttgart, the ELEXTRA treats Italian supercar proportions as a starting point, not an end goal.
Who designed the ELEXTRA and why it looks the way it does
Robert Palm, CEO of Classic Factory in Switzerland, drew the ELEXTRA around a set of references that are rarely cited together: the long-bonnet, low-roofline silhouette of classic Italian gran turismo design, combined with the structural logic of contemporary electric vehicle architecture. The result is a four-door, four-seat body that reads as a supercar from every angle while accommodating the battery packaging and dual-motor layout that the drivetrain demands. The car was designed in Switzerland and the production plan called for all vehicles to be hand-built in the Stuttgart region of Germany, at volumes limited to 100 units for the first model.
Carbon fibre construction: 25% lighter than a conventional car
The ELEXTRA is built around a stiff carbon fibre monocoque tub, over which a full carbon fibre body shell is formed. The use of carbon throughout the structure reduces weight by approximately 25% compared to an equivalent steel-bodied car at the same size. This weight saving directly enables the performance figures: the dual electric motor system delivering 680 hp operates at maximum efficiency when the mass it must accelerate is minimised. The independent torque distribution to each axle, computed in real time, provides an all-wheel drive capability that Palm argues surpasses conventional mechanical AWD systems in both response speed and energy efficiency.
Performance and range: the numbers that matter
The 0-100 km/h time of under 2.3 seconds positions the ELEXTRA among the fastest production-intent electric vehicles of its era. Top speed is electronically limited to 250 km/h. The range figure of 600 km at a constant 100 km/h is the statistic that most distinguishes the ELEXTRA from its contemporaries: it is not a sprint car that exhausts its battery in aggressive driving, but a genuine long-distance machine capable of covering substantial ground on a single charge. The ELEXTRA planned platform was described by Palm as one of the best electric vehicle platforms in the world at the time of the reveal.
The original reveal is documented by Motor Authority and Designboom. Auto Express covered the range claims in detail at their ELEXTRA feature.
Electric hypercars at TheArsenale
The ELEXTRA belongs to a tradition of electric supercars that treat performance and sustainability as complementary rather than competing values. TheArsenale carries several machines that share that philosophy. The RAESR Tachyon Speed is an American electric hypercar built to similar low-volume, high-ambition principles. The Nitid Trinity is an electric hypercar exclusive to TheArsenale. For F1-inspired open-wheel performance, the Delage D12 takes a different path to the same destination. See the full range in the TheArsenale Cars collection.
