What if an electric car allowed you to mine cryptocurrency?

The Canadian automaker Daymak has presented a new concept of electric car that may interest more than one! This is the Spiritus Ultimate, a vehicle with a three-wheel all-wheel drive chassis developing 200 hp. According to Daymak, this electric car can go 0 to 100 in just 1.8 seconds, with a top speed of 130 km / h and a range of 480 km from its 80 kWh battery.

Cryptocurrency mining is done while charging

But what makes the advantage of the Spiritus Ultimate is the fact that it is “ the first electric car capable of mining cryptocurrency, from dogecoin to bitcoin, when parked »Declares the builder.

The Spiritus Ultimate is indeed equipped with a computing platform based on a graphics processor (GPU) capable of offering the computing power necessary for the extraction of digital currency. More precisely, the mining will take place when the car is parked and charged. The car can be either connected to the mains, or to a charging station designed by Daymak or with the solar panels integrated into the car.

Based on information from SmartMotion by Futura, the Spiritus Ultimate will be released in 2023 but it is already available for pre-order at a price of 149,000 dollars, or about 123,000 euros.