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Vision Motor Corp

2008-2015

The Cheetah was Vision Motor Corp’s proposed “zero-emission” passenger supercar program, developed as part of the broader Vision Industries/Vision Motor effort to commercialize hydrogen-electric hybrid drivetrains. In its March 2009 annual filing, the public company (then newly controlled and aligned with ICE Conversions, Inc.) stated that ICE had engineered a hydrogen/electric hybrid Hummer H2 prototype and then developed the Cheetah alongside the Tyrano heavy truck, with Vision licensing ICE’s proprietary “high performance hydrogen drive system” under an agreement effective December 15, 2008. The same filing described the Cheetah as a planned hydrogen/electric hybrid supercar and identified it as one of two core business segments, specifying an output target of 425 horsepower and 1,350 ft-lb of torque for the Cheetah powertrain. By its later (2012) annual filing, Vision emphasized its refocus on drayage trucks and terminal tractors for port operations, but it still described the Cheetah as a “zero-emission passenger sports car prototype” using Vision’s hybrid hydrogen drive system with the same 425 hp and 1,350 ft-lb figures, indicating that the Cheetah remained a prototype concept within the company’s portfolio rather than a documented production vehicle.

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