Hispano Suiza is a historic automaker founded in 1904 and it launched the Carmen, an all-electric supercar, in 2020 after an 82-year hiatus. In 2021, the company unveiled a lighter, more powerful and more extreme version, the Carmen Boulogne, and the first example has just been delivered to a customer in the United States, a bespoke car built to his specifications.
The Carmen Boulogne is powered by a pair of permanent-magnet synchronous electric motors, each delivering 557 horsepower, individually powering each rear wheel. Together they produce 1,114 horsepower and 1,600 Nm, enough to send the fairly lightweight vehicle (3,593 lbs / 1,630 kg) to 62 mph (100 km/h) in a claimed 2.6 seconds and on to a top speed of 180 mph (290 km/h).
