Chinese robot vacuum maker-turned-car-manufacturer Dreame has leveled up its Next 01 electric hypercar. The Jet Edition does as the name suggests, and adds rocket boosters to propel the Bugatti-lookalike to 100 km/h in less than a second. Or is it just a dream, and will it go the way of the similarly equipped Tesla Roadster?
Dreame was founded in 2017 and mainly focused on robot vacuum cleaners and other ‘smart’ appliances, which are also sold in Europe. But in 2025, the company announced plans to build an electric hypercar with a design very much inspired by Bugatti. Now, the Dreame Nebula Next 01 is propelled to the next level thanks to two rocket boosters.
As fast as a Top Fuel dragster
Dreame didn’t unveil the Nebula Next 01 Jet Edition at Auto China; instead, it held its own event in Silicon Valley, US, to debut the latest iteration of its electric hypercar.
While the overall design is similar to the initial concept for the Nebula Next 01, it still has a strong resemblance to Bugatti models, and the two rocket boosters at the back are hard to miss.
These two thrusters deliver 100 kilonewtons of thrust, according to Dreame. That’s around 10 tons of force pushing the hypercar forward, allowing it to accelerate from standstill to 100 km/h in 0.9 seconds.
That’s about as fast as a Top Fuel dragster. The thrusters help overcome the grip limits of the tires, which have ‘held back’ traditional hypercars from accelerating faster.
Why not use suction?
Interestingly, Dreame did not go for a fan system to suck the car to the ground, like the McMurtry Spéirling, which has shattered the Goodwood Hillclimb record thanks to its active downforce system, taking just 1.6 seconds to accelerate to 100 km/h. For road-legal production cars, the acceleration record belongs to the Rimac Nevera R, which sprints to 100 km/h in 1.72 seconds.
Solid-state battery and next-gen autonomous driving tech
In normal driving, the Dreame Nebula Next 01 Jet Edition uses a sulfide solid-state battery with an energy density of 450 Wh/kg, roughly double that of current lithium batteries. This allows for a CLTC range of over 550 km, while keeping the battery pack compact and light.
Other features of the Dreame Nebula Next 01 Jet Edition include a steer-by-wire system, like the Lexus RZ and Mercedes EQS, an AI-powered ‘Vision-Language-Action’ autonomous driving system, and a full-color LiDAR system with a range of 600 meters. Inside, the vehicle can communicate with the brand’s home robots and smart appliances, so you can get the house ready from the car.
Too good to be true?
Of course, all of this sounds fantastic, but it will need to be made real as well. Dreame plans to build its supercar in 2027, partnering with BNP Paribas for funding and planning to build an automotive manufacturing plant near Berlin, Germany.
That seems very optimistic, given the fact that Dreame hasn’t even built a working prototype yet of its Nebula Next 01. So, which will come first, the rocket-powered Dreame or the rocket-powered Tesla Roadster, which was announced way back in 2017, but will debut “in a month or so,” according to Elon Musk?
