Today's "crossover" is becoming more and more popular, the star cross-border to do catering can be prosperous, beverage companies cross-border to do clothing can become a tide brand, even the six gods and cocktail companies to jointly launch the flower water flavor cocktails, to complete the majority of young people to drink flower water wish. The cross-border union of many industries also proves that it is not necessarily the peers who kill a brand, but also the cross-border species.

With the extension of crossover to different industries, automobile has become a new field of crossover, crossover inside the automobile industry is becoming more and more unusual, but also a new trend, different brands have begun to crossover to build cars. So, what are the cross-border car brands? Let's take a look together.

KTM?X-Bow

KTM is a motorcycle manufacturer, KTM and car together in 2006. That year, KTM teamed up with Salzburg-based design firm Kiska?Design, Audi and Italian racing chassis maker Dallara to develop the X-Bow, a sports car that is now legal to drive in the country. With just two seats and no roof, the car is about the size of a small car, but much lower, giving it a good deal of agility when driving and weighing just 640 kilograms.

The X-Bow is powered by a turbocharged Audi 2.0-liter engine with 237 horsepower and 310 Nm of torque, and can go from 0-100km/h in 3.9 seconds, with a top speed of 217km/h. In addition to the regular version, there is also a high-performance version of the X-Bow?R, which has a differently tuned engine with 296 horsepower and 400 peak torque. horsepower and a peak torque of 400 Nm. The X-Bow is also currently available in China, priced at around 1 million yuan.

Apple self-driving car

Apple has never hidden its ambitions, from computers to cell phones, to tablets and watches, every device is changing the way everyone lives. In fact, in addition to mobile devices, Apple has always had a dream of building a car, but for Apple to build a car, the official has always been covered up, the car project name is Apple?Titan (Titan), officially launched in 2014, so far there have been six years, although during this period and has not formally released too much news about Apple's car.

But many clues prove that Apple has been plotting to build a car, in fact in August 2018, a Tesla's Chinese suppliers had exposed Apple sample car should have come out, and has begun to send samples in small quantities, but the confidentiality is very strict, the internal director can not see. Previously, it was even more exposed that the prototype of Apple's unmanned car and other data. It is now reported that the mass production of Apple cars off the line from 2020 to 2021 delayed.

Sony Vision-S

When you think of Sony do you think of Walkman players, Vaio laptops, TVs or PlayStation consoles? As a familiar tech company, Sony unveiled its all-electric concept car Vision-S at this year's CES electronics show, which is based on Magna's platform developed in conjunction with NVIDIA, Continental, Bosch, ZF and Qualcomm***.

But Sony's original intention in launching the Vision-S was not to sell cars, but more like a bandwagon, showcasing its driving aspect technology and in-car entertainment system on the Vision-S, which can realize L2-level automated assisted driving through 33 sensors around the body monitored in real time and will be tested this year on this technology. This may be a bold attempt, it is clear that Sony is hoping to build an ecology, and this complete ecology must be missing the travel scene.

Kalashnikov CV-1

Mentioning the name Kalashnikov, military and weapons enthusiasts will surely think of the legendary AK-47, but you would never have guessed that in addition to developing a variety of powerful and lethal weapons, this well-known arms dealer from Russia has also begun to get involved in new energy automobile industry. In 2018, Kalashnikov unveiled an electric concept car called CV-1 at the International Military Technology Forum.

But the electric concept car isn't all original to Kalashnikov; it's based on a slightly older Soviet Izh wagon with a nostalgic and slightly abstract look. The electric car can accelerate from 0-100km/h in less than six seconds and can travel 217 miles (about 350 kilometers) on a fully charged battery. Kalashnikov reportedly does have plans to mass-produce the EV, but the exact timing has yet to be determined.

This article comes from the authors of the Motor Home Car Family, and does not represent the viewpoint position of the Motor Home.