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Partnering with Malaysian automaker Proton (the parent company of Lotus), Detroit Electric is attempting to revive itself by electrifying cars like this Lotus Elise and some Proton sedans and hatchbacks. The Detroit Electric Elise sports a 200 HP electric motor and a range of 200 miles from a 6.5 hour charge; in other words, the Tesla Roadster, which is also based on the Elise, had better watch its back.
Dear Martin,
you might not remember me, but I was the global CEO of Lotus Engineering right up until Oct2007.. We have met in England in April 2007. I am now running Detroit-Electric.. I would love to invite you to try out our technology.. we have 7 pre-production sports cars running in Europe. We plans to go into volume production by June 2009
here is some technical specification.
0-60 mph under 4 sec
top speed : 230km
range per charge (normal drive cycle): 320km
13A charging takes 8 hours
32A charging takes 3.5 hours
150kw air-cool motor
advanced LiPO battery - operating range +70 C to -20C (air-cool)
Comment by Albert Lam November 16, 2008 @ 4:36 am
2009Electric Lotus - Hall 3, Booth 218, Essent / Kom-Strom AG
A Lotus Elise cabriolet driven by a 200 hp electric motor will be presented. The lithium accumulators dispense energy for a driving distance up to 300 km. The acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h takes four seconds and the top speed is 215 km/h. The vehicle weighs 990 kg and the accumulators approx. 300 kg.
Essent / Kom-Strom AG
Marktgalerie l Markt 11, D-04109 Leipzig
Tel.: +49.(0)2181.61410
e-mail: [email protected]
...a consortium of Electric Cars Europe (ECE), United Momentum Group, Essent and Innosys Delft BV announced an extensive collaboration to further the introduction of electric powered cars...
Initially, the consortium plans to sell a number of converted Lotus Elises...
The Electric Car Company, together with the United Momentum Group, Essent and Innosys Delft BV are working hard to expedite the availability of electric transport as fast as possible and to provide sustainable and cost effective transport...
And one seen charging at RWE here:
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