Kevin Czinger Plans To Redefine Vehicle Design And Manufacturing

The Czinger 21C is a technological breakthrough on multiple levels. Its core performance specs include a twin-turbocharged, flat-plane crank V8 paired with an 800V electric system that, combined, produces up to 1,350 horsepower. That power is sent through a seven-speed sequential transaxle gearbox to all four wheels, driving the supercar from zero-to-60 mph in 1.88 seconds and up to a top speed of 253 mph. All this mechanical wizardry is wrapped in a lightweight shell featuring two-passenger, in-line seating.

The Czinger 21C has been in development for a few years, with a previous Forbes story covering an early prototype vehicle and the impressive team behind the car’s design and engineering process. Now the car is production ready, with customer deliveries slated for late 2023. Only 80 cars will be produced, delivered through 15 global dealers in cities like Barcelona, Frankfurt, London, Munich, and Tokyo. A wide range of individually-customizable elements are available for buyers.

Speaking with founder Kevin and Lukas Czinger it’s clear the father-and-son duo are passionate car guys, but Kevin’s eyes truly light up when you ask him about the driving force behind creating the 21C. “We’re still using a 100-year-old manufacturing system, and when people talk about Industry 4.0, to me it looks like the same thing that happened when IBM was digitizing the typewriter and they added two lines of memory.”

Kevin sees the disruption coming for the auto industry as it transitions toward electric drivetrains in the midst of an AI, machine-leaning revolution. “Here is an opportunity to take a clean sheet of paper, don’t take any existing software or hardware, and re-imagine design, manufacture, and assembly as a full digital process. And when you’re doing that you’re fully optimizing structures. You’re using computer power to literally create a perfect structure. You’re simulating manufacturing and assembly. I had in my mind I wanted to create these full digital tools — invent these.”

Kevin partnered with his son Lukas to initially apply their machine-learning and advanced 3D printing processes to vehicles that would most benefit from the higher strength, reduced cost, and increased speed these systems offer. Those vehicles are, of course, limited production hypercars, where the short production cycles and lower volume make amortizing costs far more challenging. Kevin saw the opportunity for lightweight design and and manufacturing in the hypercar space. “They’re willing to pay for light-weighting. That’s actually a $55 billion target addressable market for us. Not a small market.”

So while the Czinger 21C represents Kevin and Lukas’ automotive passion for performance, the car’s design and manufacturing processes represent a revolution for an industry in the midst of its most disruptive period since Henry Ford decided to mass produce cars on an assembly line. Kevin couldn’t share his expanding client list, but he assured us we’re familiar with the automotive names now working with Czinger to leverage its capabilities. Very few consumers can afford a hypercar, but the impact of AI/machine learning and advanced 3D printing will play an increasingly dominant role in what we’re all driving over the next decade.

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