Seat El-Born EV Concept Lands With 202bhp And 261-Mile Range

The el-Born may just be a concept, but a production car has already been confirmed for 2020
Seat El-Born EV Concept Lands With 202bhp And 261-Mile Range

In what’s turned out to be a week of reasonably affordable electric vehicles you might actually want to buy - including the long-awaited $35k Tesla Model 3 and the Polestar 2 - Seat has just entered the fray. It’s done so with the el-Born, and although it’s a concept, a production version is already confirmed.

It’s based on VW’s new MEB all-electric platform, which it’ll share with the brand’s ID hatchback. Due to enter production in 2019, the ID will get the jump on the el-Born, but only just - the Spanish-designed EV will be built only a year later.

Seat El-Born EV Concept Lands With 202bhp And 261-Mile Range

A 62kWh battery pack sits under the floor, powering a 202bhp motor. Although not intended to be hot hatch rival, it’ll still crack 0-62mph in a thoroughly reasonable 7.5seconds.

Based on the more realistic WLTP cycle, it’ll have a “real world range” of up to 261 miles. If you can find a 100kW charger (more are popping up all the time), it’ll be possible to juice the battery from empty to 80 per cent in 47 minutes.

Seat El-Born EV Concept Lands With 202bhp And 261-Mile Range

For all its futuristic exterior styling, the el-Born - which is named after a suburb of Barcelona - actually looks fairly conventional on the inside. We have a digital instrument cluster, a fairly ordinary dashboard, an awfully normal-looking steering wheel, and a tablet-style 10-inch infotainment screen. The cabin gives a “feeling of lightness and floatability,” apparently, and a lot of that is down to the increase in space afforded by the electric powertrain.

Seat El-Born EV Concept Lands With 202bhp And 261-Mile Range

From 2020 it’ll be built at the same Zwickau, Germany plant with the VW ID, and eventually, Skoda’s first electric vehicle.

Comments

Elliot.J99

Looks great, loving the grille-less face

03/01/2019 - 12:48 |
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Same

03/01/2019 - 12:52 |
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Tomislav Celić

It seems like finally in couple of years we will have a huge market with many rivals in the EV department

03/01/2019 - 12:48 |
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7heDuke

El_born sounds more like a modern B-movie Actionflick than an actual car 😅

03/01/2019 - 12:49 |
17 | 0

It’s an area of Barcelona.

03/01/2019 - 14:21 |
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Sounds like a Spanish knock off of the Jason Bourne franchise lol

03/01/2019 - 16:07 |
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Anonymous

If you use the official measurement unit of ZA WARUDO, 420 KM

03/01/2019 - 13:02 |
4 | 1
Anonymous

I dont think seat makes a bad looking car

03/01/2019 - 13:12 |
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UnknownCat13

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Apart from this they don’t

03/02/2019 - 11:25 |
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Jakob

Nice, an electric car and a minivan that doesn’t look stupid. The name is very unfortunate though.

03/01/2019 - 13:20 |
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nobody 1

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03/01/2019 - 14:11 |
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El Ectron

03/01/2019 - 18:16 |
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Chewbacca_buddy (McLaren squad)(VW GTI Clubsport)(McLaren 60

Tesla called they want their front end back

03/01/2019 - 16:25 |
5 | 0
Odyssey Lady

Is it just me or can this be like the perfect Chevy Bolt competitor

03/06/2019 - 03:40 |
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