Customer-Spec Koenigsegg Gemera Gets V8 AND I3 Engine Options

• Single Dark Matter e-motor (789 horsepower/922 lb-ft)
• New Koenigsegg Light Speed Tourbillon Transmission (LSTT) instead of Koenigsegg Direct Drive
• 2.0-liter turbo three-cylinder (TFG) engine standard, optional V8 from Jesko in hot-vee form
• Power outputs range from 1,381 hp to 2,269 hp

While inaugurating its new Gipen Atelier facility, Swedish megacar manufacturer Koenigsegg revealed the customer-specificationGemera, boasting several notable changes over the pre-series versions first revealed at the start of the pandemic. The big news is that in addition to the standard three-cylinder variant, there's now a Gemera HV8 version available with a hot-vee twin-turbo eight-cylinder. As usual, this can run onE85燃料的生物燃料. But that's not the only change - the entire powertrain has been completely revised.

Originally, the Gemera was set to feature the Koenigsegg Direct Drive system seen in therecord-breaking Regera, a transmission that effectively uses only one gear. But because this is Koenigsegg we're talking about, the pursuit of engineering perfection never stops. While development on the Gemera was ongoing, the Jesko project was also kicked off. This introduced therevolutionary Light Speed Transmission, and Koenigsegg couldn't pass up the opportunity to try to take things even further.

But that's not the only component to be borrowed from the Jesko.

"We could not resist exploring the possibility of incorporating these remarkable features and benefits into the Gemera production model, leading us down an exciting new development path - the Light Speed Tourbillon Transmission (LSTT)," explains company founder Christian von Koenigsegg. The transmission is so named because it wraps around the power unit in a beautiful package that mimics the intricacy and elegance of a high-end Swiss watch. Without this configuration, the LST would not fit.

The LSTT is complemented by the new Dark Matter electric motor, a patent-pending Raxial Flux e-motor producing 800 (metric) horsepower (789 bhp) and 922 lb-ft of torque. In the previous Gemera configuration, threeQuark e-motorswere mated to the Direct Drive System, but the Dark Matter e-motor makes the drivetrain "lighter, smaller, and even more engaging."

What's more, the LSTT's all-wheel-drive system enables four-wheel torque vectoring and can be fed by either the e-motor, the twin-turbo Tiny Friendly Giant engine, or a combination of the two for a total of 1,381 hp and 1,364 lb-ft.