Dreame Nebula NEXT 01 JET Edition: rockets, 0–100 km/h in 0.9 seconds and a 2027 supercar

Some days the car industry seems to lose the plot. This is one of those days. Dreame Technology - best known for robot vacuum cleaners and small household appliances - has unveiled a prototype electric supercar with… rockets. Yes, you read that correctly. Rockets.

Nebula NEXT 01 JET Edition: the rocket-assisted prototype

The concept is called Nebula NEXT 01 JET Edition, and it claims a 0–100 km/h time of just 0.9 seconds. Even by the standards of electric hypercars, that figure sits firmly in the realm of the ridiculous. With road cars, there simply are no tyres that can deliver the traction needed for that sort of launch - which is why the pair of rockets provide the extra “push”.

Mounted at the rear are solid-fuel boosters designed to deliver up to 100 kN of thrust, with a response time of only 150 milliseconds. Dreame says the whole setup is electronically managed to keep things safe. In theory… because in practice, plenty of questions remain unanswered until there’s a real-world test.

Tech Dreame says will reach 2027 (without rockets)

The rockets may be the headline-grabber, but they sit on top of a wider technology package that Dreame says will appear in 2027… just without the rockets: solid-state batteries with energy density above 450 Wh/kg, steer-by-wire (steering via electronic signals, with no physical link between the wheel and the tyres), and a LiDAR system able to “see” up to 600 metres (level 2+ with a path towards level 3 autonomous driving).

Inside: a “control centre” linked to the smart home

In the cabin, the car is positioned as a “control centre” - effectively an ecosystem on wheels. It can even act as a hub for a smart home, connecting to robots and household appliances, which makes sense given the company’s roots.

Of course, neither the rockets nor the 0.9-second claim are destined for a production model. The point is to grab attention - and on that front, it has done the job.

Now, seriously: Dreame’s first electric supercar

If the concept looks like something dreamed up in an unsupervised lab, the production car is far more grounded. Remove the rockets from the equation and you have Dreame’s first electric supercar, the Nebula NEXT 01, which the brand has confirmed it will launch in 2027.

The styling is unmistakably supercar, but it has four doors, and Dreame is openly talking about taking on top-tier models - even hinting at comparisons with the hypercar world.

While final specifications are not yet fully confirmed, it’s already clear the car will carry over parts of the concept’s tech: high energy-density batteries, advanced driver-assistance systems, and deep integration of software and artificial intelligence.

More than anything, it marks Dreame’s official entry into the automotive sector - a move that’s increasingly common among Chinese technology firms such as Xiaomi, which has seen significant success. There’s no shortage of ambition… even without rockets.