Taiwanese electric vehicle company Xing Mobility is launching a funding round to commercialise a frontier battery technology it hopes will see widespread adoption from companies that want to turn vehicles electric from trucks to jet-skis.
Founded in 2015 by car enthusiasts Azizi Tucker and Royce Hong, the company began with a rally-inspired supercar called Miss R which has a projected acceleration from 0 to 100kmh in 1.8 seconds marginally better than the Tesla Roadster’s 1.9 seconds. Xing’ means movement in mandarin.
But it is the company’s battery technology that the founders say promises a wide range of applications, and has drawn interest from vehicle makers internationally....