Three Brothers Seek to Overtake Tesla With Souped-Up Plug-In Cars
- Kreisel Electric says its cars can outperform Tesla Model S
- BMW and Porsche are customers of Austrian garage startup
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Auto executives are traveling to a remote Austrian town where three brothers are designing electric cars they say can go faster and further than anything made by Tesla Motors Inc.
Kreisel Electric GmbH says it’s fielding 20 inquiries a day from automotive icons including BMW AG, Mclaren Automotive Ltd. and Volkswagen AG. They’re asking the Kreisel brothers for help negotiating a U-turn away from fossil fuels to join the electric-vehicle revolution.