2026 Karma Kaveya First Look: Sleek $300k Coupe With Intel Inside
We now know more about the successor to the Karma Revero and GS-series: the Kaveya EV “Hyper GT.”
In November of last year, we got a look at the handsome prototype 2026 Karma Kaveya (and you can read about that below). But today, Karma has released a bit more information about what we can expect if and when the Kaveya makes it to production. For one, we have pricing and some estimated performance figures. Less interesting but perhaps more important is the software architecture, which is to be provided by Intel Automotive.
The Kaveya will run on a SDVA (software-defined vehicle architecture) suite co-developed with Intel, and the company also hopes to sell its expertise adapting SDVA to its cars to other OEMs in a business-to-business arrangement. SDVA will be a “zonal” system, mimicking through software the distribution of tasks among smaller, more energy efficient electronic computing units (ECUs) to handle ancillary functions without “waking up” the large, power-hungry main computer, though the Karma uses only a central computer. (Rivian’s latest vehicles are migrating to a similar zonal architecture, albeit one developed in-house using both a main computer and smaller peripheral ECUs.) How the Karma-Intel setup accomplishes this trick without physical ECUs beyond a central computer isn't clear, though its materials mention "zonal controllers." Beyond that, there isn’t much detail on the system or its benefits to the owner, beyond claims of increased energy efficiency. We do, however, get to see the interior, which looks production-ready-ish.
In terms of performance, Karma says the Kaveya will come with “up to” 1,000 hp, provide a 0–60 mph time of under 3 seconds, and be priced significantly above the Lucid Air Sapphire super-sedan, which is actually on sale and can warp to 60 mph in just 2.2 seconds in our testing. The Air Sapphire is “only” $250,500, so we’d hope the Karma Kaveya would offer owners an additional $50k in value.
The original first look review from November 14, 2023 continues below.
When you think of Karma, the first thing that probably pops into your mind is the original Fisker Karma. A vehicle for all intents, purposes, and the efforts by designer and multi-startup founder Henrik Fisker, failed. That didn't stop the Karma from continuing to be built after the man left the company and, in 2016, the assets were purchased. Karma became the new brand and the original sedan was renamed to Revero. Now, Karma is preparing to reinvigorate itself as a truly high-end, all-electric and all-American vehicle manufacturer with a new hyper GT coupe: The 2026 Karma Kaveya EV.
What's In A Name?
The name "Kaveya" for Karma's new Hyper GT vehicle isn't random and comes from a modified version of the Sanskrit word, "Kavya," for "poetry in motion." The additional "E" is Karma's way of making it theirs and signifies that it is an all-electric vehicle. There is another meaning to the word that might also be fitting for Karma: learning. Leaning from the past mistakes of the original direction the Karma vehicle was going and how to avoid the same issues all over again. Much of the Kaveyas functional bits from the A-pillar forward are all parts based on the existing Revero and the similar GS-series (which will be rebranded to Gyesera to go all-electric). The rest of the Kaveya is unique to this Hyper GT coupe save for one major part.
