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Concept study · Vector One

Built to be driven
for thirty years.

A long-range coupé designed around repairability: a battery pack that opens with hand tools, and body panels you can replace one at a time.

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What the studio is working on

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Engineering

The wind tunnel run that cost us four months

Why the team scrapped a finished rear end over 0.006 of drag.

Materials

Wool from a farm 40km away

Sourcing the cabin textile within one day’s drive.

Heritage

Restoring a 1971 estate

Eleven months, two owners, one original invoice.

Design

Twelve years of one door handle

The part nobody notices, redrawn forty times.

Motorsport

Racing to fix the road car

What a season of endurance taught the brake team.

The range

Six cars. One platform.

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Story · 12 min read

Ninety days in the Arctic

The winter test crew drives every car to failure before it reaches a showroom. This is what they found.

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In depth

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Battery

A pack you can open with a socket set

Most electric cars seal the battery shut. Ours comes apart in eleven modules, so a single failed cell doesn’t write off the whole car — and an independent workshop can do the work.

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Interior

Why we put the buttons back

Three years of eye-tracking data showed drivers looking away from the road for an average of 2.4 seconds to change cabin temperature. Eight physical controls have returned.

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Manufacturing

The plant that runs on its own roof

Final assembly moved to a site generating more electricity than it draws. Here’s the honest accounting, including the four months a year it doesn’t.

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