- Global Premiere of Karma Ivara "GT-UV" Design Study
- Global Premiere of Karma Kaveya Super Coupe
with Production-Ready Interior
- Global Announcement of Bilateral Collaboration with
Intel Automotive
CARMEL
VALLEY, Calif., Aug. 16,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at The Quail, a
Motorsports Gathering, Karma Automotive celebrates two Global
Premieres: the Karma Ivara "GT-UV" Design Study, and the Karma
Kaveya super coupe with production-ready interior. Together these
vehicles telegraph the brilliant future of California's first and only ultra-luxury
automaker.
Karma Automotive, California's First and Only Ultra Luxury
Manufacturer, Takes the Spotlight at Monterey Car Week
Further, Karma Automotive has announced that the Karma Kaveya
will be the first vehicle to be produced resulting from its
bilateral collaboration with Intel Automotive. Due in 2026 with
butterfly-doors and up to 1,000HP of pure electric power, Kaveya is
expected to be the globe's first production vehicle built upon
Software-Defined Vehicle Architecture (SDVA), co-developed with
Intel Automotive, which will underpin all Karma vehicles from the
Kaveya onward. In addition to deploying SDVA throughout its
upcoming model range, together with Intel Automotive, Karma
Automotive will benchmark, demonstrate and validate critical
concepts for the advancement of open standards for SDVA that can be
shared openly and commercially to support the transformation of the
broader automotive industry.
"Auburn, Duesenberg, and
Packard are Karma Automotive's inspiration because they harken back
to an era we aim to repeat, an era when American ultra-luxury set
the benchmark for the world, and when the steep prices they
commanded were justified not only by the beauty and speed of their
cars, but also their brains and engineering prowess found nowhere
else in the industry," says Marques
McCammon, President, Karma
Automotive. "The intellect of Karma's vehicles will be
several steps ahead, creating distinctive, unique, and engaging
automobiles which return a valid paradigm of value that's been
absent from the ultra-luxury segment for nearly a century."
Karma Automotive will first return to the marketplace in the
4th Quarter, 2024, with the 3rd Generation
Karma Revero, offering just 150
examples priced from below $150,000
USD. Revero is the globe's first luxury plug-in hybrid and
utilizes Karma's E-REV (Energy-Range Extended Vehicle) powertrain,
an appealing option for an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)
amid potential, near-term fluctuations in client and market demand
for pure Electric Vehicles (EV).
"While the Karma Kaveya will be a pure EV, the Karma Ivara is
being developed as either a pure EV, or an E-REV, potentially with
a charge port aft of the front driver's side wheel, flanked by a
gasoline cap on the other," says McCammon. "Karma Automotive can
adapt its powertrains quickly and nimbly in response to the
shifting demands of our clients and the marketplace, further
ensuring our longevity and success."
Global Premiere: Karma Ivara "GT-UV" Design Study
The
Karma Ivara Design Study establishes a new segment of multi-terrain
capable vehicle, the "GT-UV," or Grand Touring Utility Vehicle,
delivering a dramatic four-seater concept unseen before in the
ultra-luxury segment, or anywhere else.
Karma Automotive's signature Comet Line draws exotic
proportions, spanning the entire width of the Ivara to accentuate
the steeply-raked windshield, tracking around the cabin, then
continuing through the widest point of the rear fenders. The
secondary Comet Line separates the all-black upper cabin section
with full panoramic roof from the lower body, the Ivara capturing a
visual tension resembling an arrow drawn back in its quiver, ready
to launch. The Ivara's front fascia reflects the new face of Karma
Automotive, lacking a traditional grille with concealed headlamps,
its low nose and hood emulating a supercar stance, its fast rear
glass reiterating its driver-focused purpose.
Utility is also within Ivara's remit, as demonstrated by its
protective matte undertray finished with self-healing paint,
achieved through microscopic segments which create a rebound effect
from lesser impacts.
Global Premiere: Karma Kaveya with Production-Ready
Interior
Presently undergoing development testing and
anticipated for 2026, the Karma Kaveya is draped in carbon fiber
bodywork with butterfly doors, offering up to 1,000HP of pure
electric power with estimated pricing from $300,000 (USD). At Monterey Car Week, the
Kaveya's production-ready interior breaks cover, demonstrating the
company's fastidious attention to detail and exceptional capability
for personalization.
The central hallmark of Karma Automotive's new design language
is the Comet Line, which forms a wake from the Kaveya's nose
through its bonnet, enshrouding its cockpit then tapering downwards
to its conclusion through the butterfly doors, capturing an aura
akin to a stealth jet. Its interior, evocative of spaceflight, is
built to suit each client's every demand in concert with Karma
Design, and Kaveya's interior atmosphere will benefit from the
first-ever in-car audio system by luxury audio brand, Master &
Dynamic.
The interior of the Karma Kaveya as specified for its Global
Premiere draws inspiration from Alchemy; the interaction of
interior surfaces and textural contrasts between gloss black, suede
and leather, punctuated by metallic elements that quietly shimmer
orange and blue, as if fired in a kiln. Midnight blue leather
produced in partnership with Bridge of Weir conjures the vastness
of outer space, completing a cohesive narrative from the Kaveya's
exterior Comet Line and "Interstellar Silver" paintwork through to
its interior. Non-essential displays remain hidden until summoned,
following a "reductionary" approach that enables the driver to
remain focused on the pleasure of driving.
Global Announcement: Bilateral Collaboration with Intel
Automotive, Software-Defined Vehicle Archtecture (SVDA)
Explained
Karma Automotive has announced its bilateral collaboration with
Intel Automotive to co-develop Software Defined Vehicle
Architecture (SVDA).
Since the invention of the automobile in 1888, its architecture
has remained relatively unchanged: powertrains have become more
powerful and efficient, and vehicle safety has greatly improved,
but the format has stayed largely the same. With the addition of
each new feature from fuel injection and power windows to
air-conditioning and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS),
today's vehicle typically has over 100 Electric Control Units
(ECUs), each delivering a single function, requiring over a mile of
copper cabling to connect. Layer upon layer has been piled atop a
foundation which can no longer support the future of the
automobile. The solution can be found in the Information Technology
(IT) industry, which long ago moved away from single
function devices to high-performance computing systems where
multiple workloads run on a single, centralized system.
Similarly, SVDA looks at the vehicle systems as a whole, and allows
for the seamless movement of workloads between software-defined
central "compute" systems and software-defined zonal "compute"
sub-systems, ensuring maximum flexibility, optimal cost and
performance with significant energy efficiency benefits.
As an example, many EVs – even when switched "off" – support a
feature that still monitors the external cameras for security
threats or to recognize the driver as they approach. Typically,
this feature is supported on the vehicle's in-cabin "compute"
subsystem, which due to its high-power consumption, puts
unnecessary drain on the battery even when the vehicle is off. This
workload doesn't have to stay resident on the software-defined
central "compute" system. Using Intel's software-defined zonal
controllers to handle camera streams, data center application
orchestration concepts can be embraced and migrate the workload to
a lower-power device (in this case the zonal controller) and wake
the central compute system only when needed. It would save energy,
improve efficiency and reduce the total number of electronic
control units (ECUs) in the vehicle by consolidating workloads
dynamically onto a software-defined zonal controller.
About Karma Automotive
Karma Automotive is California's first and only
ultra-luxury automaker, manufacturing electric
and E-REV (Extended Range Electric Vehicles) at its
production facility in Moreno Valley,
CA, with its executive and design headquarters in nearby
Irvine, CA. The Karma portfolio
embodies California's spirit of
innovation and entrepreneurial boldness, reflected by the signature
Comet Line which is the central hallmark of Karma's new design
language. The 3rd Generation Karma
Revero sport sedan, the world's first luxury plug-in hybrid,
will be introduced in 4th Quarter 2024,
offering luxury balanced with conscientiousness delivered without
compromise. The Gyesera four-seater is anticipated in
2025, and in 2026, the Karma Kaveya super coupe, with
up to 1,000HP and butterfly-doors, will arrive. In August, 2024,
Karma Automotive announced its bilateral collaboration with Intel
Automotive to co-develop Software Defined Vehicle Architecture
(SDVA) which will underpin its upcoming vehicles
beginning with the Karma Kaveya. Further, Karma
Automotive will provide Tier 1's and Original Equipment
Manufacturers (OEMs) with business-to-business SDVA
solutions, as it does today with Karma Connect, its
proprietary Vehicle Data Management and Over the Air services
platform, which presently provides services to the world's second
largest OEM. Karma Automotive's dealer network spans North America, Europe, South
America and the Middle
East.
About Intel
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technology that enables global progress and enriches lives.
Inspired by Moore's Law, we continuously work to advance the design
and manufacturing of semiconductors to help address our customers'
greatest challenges. By embedding intelligence in the cloud,
network, edge and every kind of computing device, we unleash the
potential of data to transform business and society for the better.
To learn more about Intel's innovations, go
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