700BHP, 0-60 in 4 seconds.
Admittedly top speed is unimpressive, but it's about 50mph higher than I'm ever likely to drive in Britain.
Lightning GT
This is one of the electric cars using new wheel-motor and battery technology that I was banging on about last year. It looks like they are still aiming to deliver this year. However the technology that delivers this performance would also deliver pretty much the same performance in the cheapest most down-market hatchback it gets incorporated into at some future date, so I wouldn't rush to pay the 150K they're asking. (I also don't like the fact that the car body was originally designed by Lotus to take a petrol V8, when I buy an electric car I want it to look different from every fuel-burner on the road, because it was specifically designed for the electric drive system. I'm thinking it would make sense for there to be a negligible amount of bodywork forward of the drivers feet, and batteries will be located centrally under the floor.)
Admittedly top speed is unimpressive, but it's about 50mph higher than I'm ever likely to drive in Britain.
Lightning GT
This is one of the electric cars using new wheel-motor and battery technology that I was banging on about last year. It looks like they are still aiming to deliver this year. However the technology that delivers this performance would also deliver pretty much the same performance in the cheapest most down-market hatchback it gets incorporated into at some future date, so I wouldn't rush to pay the 150K they're asking. (I also don't like the fact that the car body was originally designed by Lotus to take a petrol V8, when I buy an electric car I want it to look different from every fuel-burner on the road, because it was specifically designed for the electric drive system. I'm thinking it would make sense for there to be a negligible amount of bodywork forward of the drivers feet, and batteries will be located centrally under the floor.)
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