The DeLorean Alpha5, which doesn't exist yet, can be reserved for $2,500 through a complex scheme involving NFT and cryptocurrency
If you suddenly want to reserve a DeLorean Alpha5 electric car, you'll have to not just click the "buy" button on the website, but.... you'll have to buy an NFT. Yes, that's right: a $2,500 digital image that gives you a chance at a production slot for the car.
Here's What We Know
The Alpha5 is an electric car being developed by DeLorean Motor Company. But not the one that once produced the legendary DMC-12, known from the film Back to the Future. The new DeLorean is created by the company that produced parts for the original car with lift-up doors. But the name is familiar, so you can play on the nostalgia.
And so, instead of a simple pre-order, there's a complex crypto quest. First, you create a digital Slush Wallet. Then you buy a Build Slot NFT with the cryptocurrency DMC or USDC based on the Sui blockchain. Only then will you be assigned a random build slot number among the 4,000 available. If you change your mind, you can resell the NFT on DeLorean's internal marketplace. At the time of publication, there were as many as six such daredevils around the world.
As for the car itself - it is still somewhere in the future. The price has not been announced, the final characteristics - too. When the prototype was first shown three years ago, it promised 2 electric motors, acceleration to 60 mph (96 km/h) in 2.99 seconds, a range of 483 kilometres and a 100 kWh battery. But for now, it's all at the "we promise, honest-to-goodness" level.
Source: Carbuzz
