All-electric fighter-jet inspired supercar dubbed ‘Batmobile meets Star Wars podracer’ unveiled – but it has NO pedals

A FUTURISTIC all-electric supercar without pedals that's inspired by fighter-jets and reminiscent of the Batmobile has been unveiled.

French car elephantine Renault showcased its brand-new Filante Record 2025, described by the carmaker arsenic "a laboratory connected wheels".

As its sanction suggests, Renault plans to usage the unsocial single-seater centrifugal to interruption satellite records for "power depletion and scope with an 87kWh battery".

Greg Potts of Top Gear described the conception car, which volition person its archetypal record-breaking attempts earlier July, arsenic "a transverse betwixt the Michael Keaton-era Batmobile and a Star Wars podracer".

It's inspired by a scope of erstwhile record-breaking Renaults, including the jet-engined single-seater Étoile Filante from 1956.

In a akin style, the Filante Record 2025 has besides been designed with inspiration from aviation, including a cockpit taken straight from fighter-jet designs.

Its pop-up hatch entree and single-seat, arsenic good arsenic exposed screws connected the bodywork, assistance the car to make a fighter-jet benignant acquisition connected the ground.

Director of Advanced Design for Renault Sandeep Bhambra said: "We designed this conveyance arsenic a sculpture successful motion.

"Inspired by combatant planes and the velocity records of the nineteenth century, it reflects some show and timeless elegance."

Renault said its designers acceptable retired to make a "monolithic sculpture" of a centrifugal that could beryllium seen arsenic "organic".

Its rounded LED headlights, shape, and cockpit presumption and plan marque the car consciousness similar it's straight-out of a subject fabrication film.

The Batmobile from 1989's Batman tin beryllium seen wrong the conception conveyance with its agelong curves and cardinal cockpit.

Some person adjacent drawn examination to podracers from 1999's Star Wars The Phantom Menace, owed to the motor's agelong detached beforehand and rear instrumentality sections.

The 5.12m-long electric car volition acquisition upwind passageway tests successful outpouring to corroborate simulation results for its aerodynamics.

It comes successful astatine conscionable a small shorter than a Mercedes-Benz S-Class and is 1.19m tall, 1.71m wide, and weighs little than 1,000kg.

Much of this value comes from the motor's 600kg battery, which comes successful a airy c fibre casing to effort and assistance trim its weight.

The chassis of the supercar is made from aluminium, c and alloy alloys, with astir of the assemblage being c fibre.

Renault has besides utilised 3D printed analyzable parts utilizing Scalmalloy, a high-strength aluminium alloy.

When combined, these reductions successful wide value whitethorn conscionable assistance extremity the car into the record books.

PEDAL-LESS POWER

Special 19in Michelin tyres volition clasp the conveyance up and purpose to present maximum scope for the centrifugal that besides features some steer-by-wire and brake-by-wire technology.

The pedal-less supercar comes with a cardinal steering "wheel" that has futuristic-looking drawback handles which let the operator to run each of the controls.

Central to this instrumentality is simply a flexible surface that wraps astir the cylinder and displays speed, range, and different cardinal information.

The singular spot is made from a stretched canvas which Renault says is "similar successful benignant to a hammock".

The conveyance is inspired by a scope of older record-chasing Renaults, including the 40 CV des Records from 1925, the Nervasport des Records from 1934, and the Étoile Filante from 1956.

A drawstring of velocity and endurance records were acceptable successful the 1920s by the 100-year-old 40 CV des Records, portion the ace streamlined and jet-engined Étoile Filante broke 4 satellite records successful a 1956 run.