If you haven’t already heard, robovac maker Dreame has major ambitions that cross industries—far beyond action cameras and walking robovacs. Now it wants to make cars. Not just any cars. Hypercars. Not just any hypercars. A hypercar with jet engines. You heard that right.
Called the Dreame Nebula Next 01 Jet Edition, it would be the real-life 1989 Batmobile, which had a jet engine, but only crazier because it has a solid rocket booster system. Anyhoo, before we get into the little details on the Dreame Nebula Next 01 Jet Edition, we would like to talk about the “regular” Dreame Nebula Next 01.
But do note that what you are about to read is what the Chinese would refer to as “PPT talk,” which basically means paper talk. There’s no prototype to show. Those “cars” it brought to Auto Beijing 2026 were shells. No innards, no real chassis. With that out of the way, we can talk about the little things we know—all of which are claims by Dreame.
The Dreame Nebula Next 01 [CH] will be powered by an in-house-developed electric motor that will produce “almost 2,000 horsepower,” paired with a self-developed all-solid-state battery pack that offers up to 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) of range on a single charge (according to Dreame’s global President Chang Xinwei).
Dreame has bold claims when it comes to numbers. The company says this electric beast will wipe the century sprint in a blink of an eye at 1.8 seconds and have a top speed of a mind-bending 500 km/h (311 mph). Damn. This feels like a land rocket in the making. Speaking of rockets, Dreame recently revealed a variant of the Nebula Next 01 in the US called the “Jet Edition.”
The Dreame Nebula Next 01 Jet Edition is not exactly jet-powered, as the name may have suggested. It’s more. It has a solid rocket booster system built into it (!). Yes. In a car. This makes NOS feel like child’s play, and makes jet engines feel amateurish. It is not subtle about the existence of a rocket booster—it shows at the back of the car where a pair of rocket nozzles live.
With the aid of the rocket booster, the Jet Edition is blessed with 100 kN of maximum thrust, which will take it from 0–100 km/h (0–62 mph) in a breakneck 0.9 seconds. Crazy acceleration is not it; it also promises 140 ms ultra-fast response time. To be honest, I am skeptical. At this acceleration, the person inside would have to endure around 3.15g of force. Granted, it would be momentary, but everyone inside is going to feel the weight on their chest and back that a regular car only experiences in extreme roller coaster rides.
Even if it can, you will need tires that can deal with it. I am not saying it is not possible. It is, but more in the context of drag racing with proper slicks and surface prep. I think we should just take it at face value. Even for a giant like Xiaomi, with the resources and financial muscle, it would not dream of such physics-defying automobiles. Only time will tell if all these are just marketing gimmicks.
As far as design goes, it is, without doubt, a head-turner. And if you think it looks pretty much like many exotic cars in the market, well, it is not a coincidence because those lines, the rear wing with precision adjustment, and the sporty stance are the results of aerodynamic studies.
Every exterior feature you see, every curve, and whatnot, is for the sake of aerodynamics. Nothing unnecessary, nothing extra.
Like all super-fast cars, it has diffusers to manage airflow under the car and along the sides. But the diffuser and front splitter on this hypercar are a little different. The rear diffuser has a heat dissipation function, and the air curtain is integrated into the heat dissipation system. That’s not it. The diffuser is also an integral part of the safety structure.
Speaking of structure, the car would have a carbon fiber body on top of the “Tianxun” or SkyTour intelligent chassis. It will also have rear-wheel active steering with ±12 degrees and an incredibly tight turning radius of less than 5 meters (16.4 feet). The details are murky at best. After all, this is still at its “PPT” stage. Oh, we do know Nappa leather is an option.
It is worth mentioning that the Jet Edition [CH] features the SkyTour intelligent chassis architecture 2.0, along with EMAD electromagnetic suspension.
Just writing this felt like it had taken my breath away. Well, what can we say? We are all allowed to dream, don’t we? However audacious the dream might be.
P.S. I know those thrusters there look more like jet engine thrusters. Correct me if I am wrong. If it is really a rocket booster, it should be cone-shaped.
Images: Dreame [CH]/Weibo (肥威) [CH].