VIA Motors Company has brought to Detroit 800-horsepower pickup

A prototype X-Truck is a showcase of technology that VIA intends to implement in their production cars. Large pickup is based on the Chevrolet Silverado, but raised by 127 mm, equipped with a modified grille and running boards, and most importantly - fundamentally reshape the inside.
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VIA X-Truck has Mad Max Looks, 800HP with 100MPGe and is Backed by Bob Lutz

VIA Motors is a privately-owned electric vehicle company founded in 2010 that has developed a proprietary extended-range drive technology called VIA V-Drive that is designed for use in full-size pickup trucks, vans and SUVs. It purchases standard GM vehicles, replaces their powerplants with its own and then sells them to fleets under the VTRUX brand.

Former GM VP Bob Lutz became its chairman in 2011. Known as “the father of the Volt” – among other vehicles, that is, Lutz has been a champion of electric vehicles for a long timt, but his vision of EVs is somewhat different than what most people have come to expect…

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