Source: Xinhua| 2019-12-16 16:16:43|Editor: xuxin

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COLOMBO, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka will launch its first-ever luxury electric supercar named "Vega" in April 2020 marking a new milestone in the island's automobile industry, local media reports said here Monday.

The master builder of the Vega luxury car, techno-entrepreneur Harsha Subasinghe, who is the chief executive of CodeGen, was quoted in the local Daily News as saying following a test drive of the Vega last week, the "supercar" will be launched at the annual International Motor Show in Geneva in 2020.

Subasinghe said that the 300 kw battery-powered car with a 240 km range would be the first-ever luxury, all-electric "supercar" made in Sri Lanka and in the Asian region.

The "supercar" label is used for such high-powered and high-speed luxury cars.

"The super car is presently at test levels. Vega does a quick zero-to-100 mph in 3.1 seconds. It is a 900 bhp supercar and is designed, both interior and exterior, and manufactured locally," Subasinghe said.

Subasinghe added that he took up this task on behalf of the young generation in Sri Lanka who has a yearning for locally made, high tech automobiles.

"We are ready to do something new for our country. I am sure it will be a product that will make all Sri Lankans really proud. We also wanted to encourage our youth to take Sri Lanka forward," Subasinghe said.