--- title: "New SUV Features Electrified Door Handles and Pepper Spray Guns" description: "Car designer and manufacturer Rezvani has come up with a truly apocalyptic military-grade SUV that can pepper spray, electrify, and blind passersby." date: "2023-01-25" modified: "2023-01-25" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/new-suv-features-electrified-door-handles-and-pepper-spray-guns" categories: - "Advanced Transport" tags: - "suv" - "the digest" --- # New SUV Features Electrified Door Handles and Pepper Spray Guns ![Car designer and manufacturer Rezvani has come up with a truly apocalyptic military-grade SUV that can pepper spray, electrify, and blind passersby.]() *\Image: Rezvani\* ## Battle Tank California carmaker Rezvani has come up with a genuinely apocalyptic military-grade SUV that can pepper spray, electrify, and blind passersby. The Batmobile-like monstrosity, dubbed the Rezvani Vengeance, is a heavily modified Cadillac Escalade SUV that's decked out with a preposterous number of military features that only the evilest of evil supervillains could possibly make use of. Equipped with the company's "[military package]()," it can detect the electromagnetic pulses from nuclear weapons or put up a literal smoke screen. It also features explosive underbody shielding and electrified door handles to shake off would-be attackers — and that's not even all. Let's be very clear: Rezvani isn't a military contractor — this abomination, which costs anywhere between $285,000 and $499,000 depending on options, is actually meant to be driven on public roads. In short, it's the ultimate version of the kind of vehicle that's [already proving to be]() the most lethal on the road today — and that's without pepper spray or blinding strobes. ## Get in Loser The brutal vehicle has drawn a wide range of reactions. "Your kids will love that it was styled by a video-game designer," TikTok reviewer Mobile Mama said in a [now-viral video](). "Is the Rezvani Vengeance the safest vehicle for you and your kiddos or what?" Others had a far more cynical take on the rolling road safety hazard, with some imagining the sheer chaos the Vengeance could cause in everyday use. "Misfiring the unlock button at after school pickup and pepper spraying my kids from the side mirrors as they're zapped by the electrified door handles I left armed," [joked]() reporter Eoin Higgins on Twitter. "Please, please tell me this is a bit," another user [replied](). **READ MORE:** [Pepper spray for the school run? The weaponised SUV set to terrify America’s streets]() \[*The Guardian*\] ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()