Is this the first Lebanese electric-powered sports car?

Better THAN Nothing Although this does not seem to be an attempt to repeat the success story of its compatriot company W Motors with the Lykan and Fenyr supercars. Turn out, this Lebanese automotive company EV Electra LTD. also has big plans to produce an electric sports car named Electra QUDS Rise which is the first Lebanese electric-powered sports car.

The Electra QUDS Rise is the Lebanon's first sporty electric-powered vehihicle. (Picture from: id.Motor1)

Well, who's the figure behind this startup company? This auto company was founded by a Palestinian-Lebanese businessman named Jihad Mohammed in 2017 and, unsparingly at that time, he also planned the company's production target of 10,000 units per year. However, it seems that this figure is difficult to achieve considering the condition of the Lebanese' automotive industry was not well after the big explosion that rocked the Beirut's port in 2020.

Palestinian-Lebanese businessman Jihad Mohammed would built the Electra QUDS Rise electric sports car with a production target of 10,000 units per year. (Picture from: OkeZone)

The country fully relies on imported products to meet vehicle needs because it does not have a local car manufacturer. An irony indeed, given that Lebanese people love their cars as much as anywhere else in the Middle East, public transport is relatively minimal in most of the country where infrastructure remains a challenge for years. Even so, this Lebanese startup company managed to launch the first prototype of the Electra QUDS Rise in 2021.

The Electra QUDS Rise built start-to-finish in Lebanon and it's a real car that's apparently really happening, with 300 or so engineers currently working on it. (Picture from: CarScoops)

It's built start-to-finish in Lebanon and it's a real car that's apparently really happening, with 300 or so engineers currently working on it. the Electra is the brainchild of Lebanese businessman Jihad Mohammed, who's funded the venture as grounds to create a genuinely Lebanese manufacturer. So the QUDS Rise isn't going to challenge a Model 3 any time soon and it definitely isn't knocking on Rimac's door but that's kind of not what it's here for, which is extremely exclusively a good time.

The Electra QUDS Rise has a front grille inspired by the iconic building by the shape of Qubbat al-Sakhra (the Dome of the Rock,) one of Islam's most important holy sites. (Picture from: id.Motor1)

As reported by Carscoops, the name of this vehicle comes from the Arabic for the city of Jerusalem (al-Quds). From the exterior, the QUDS Rise looks quite unique, where this two-seater compact car has a front grille inspired by the iconic building by the shape of Qubbat al-Sakhra (the Dome of the Rock,) one of Islam's most important holy sites.

The Electra QUDS Rise is supported by an aluminum chassis and uses 18-inch wheels wrapped in 235/45 and 255/40 tires on the front and rear. (Picture from: id.Motor1)

In addition, the front is also equipped with wide air intakes and large headlights. At the rear of the QUDS Rise are a prominent diffuser, boomerang-shaped reflectors on the bumper, as well as triangular LED taillights and turn signals.

This car uses 18-inch wheels wrapped in 235/45 and 255/40 tires on the front and rear. The Electra QUDS Rise is supported by an aluminum chassis and a look in the interior reveals a small digital gauge cluster in front of the driver and a large 15.9-inch touchscreen in the center of the dashboard that houses most of the controls.

The Electra QUDS Rise's power comes from 50 kWh lithium-ion battery packages to drive an electric motor mounted on the rear axle capable of spitting out a maximum power of 160 hp. (Picture from: id.Motor1)

The car's power comes from 50 kWh lithium-ion battery packages to drive an electric motor mounted on the rear axle capable of spitting out a maximum power of 160 hp so it can accelerate from rest to 100 kph in about 5 seconds. Then this Lebanese startup company claims the top speed of this car is 165 kph with a cruising range of 450 km (280 miles) on a single charge.

The Electra QUDS Rise capable to accelerate from zero to 100 kph in 5 seconds, before reached top speed of 165 kph. (Picture from: id.Motor1)

Furthermore, EV Electra is opening pre-orders for the QUDS Rise with a starting price of €25,000 and deliveries are expected to start in 2022 (already missed). But, ah. It's cheap (for an EV that's sporty-looking) at €25,000 and there's something brash about it that makes you wanna do donuts in a car park.

The Electra QUDS Rise' rear featured with a prominent diffuser, boomerang-shaped reflectors on the bumper, as well as triangular LED taillights and turn signals. (Picture from: id.Motor1)

The QUDS Rise isn't designed to be an engineering marvel; being the first of your kind sometimes means picking exactly which elements you're gonna do that with and if it's "kickstart an EV industry in a country with no prior automotive manufacturing history" then you have to rein in your ambitions on what else you can do.

And in 2023 (two years after it launched) it is not known whether the automaker managed to find devotees for their QUDS Rise, in fact we can no longer access the Lebanese startup's website at this time. What's with this automotive startup? It seems they have left their dreams.😕 *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | EVELECTRA | THEDRIVE | CARSCOOPS | ID.MOTOR1 | ]

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