DeLorean is back and Electric

[jaanton]

All-Electric DeLorean Car To Hit the Streets in 2013! | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World

http://delorean.com/2011/10/electric-delorean/

 

[TEG]

An alternate version of the same article:
Great Scot! DMC announces all-electric DeLorean for 2013

DeLorean Motor Company heads back to the future: Electric DeLorean unveiled - Your Houston News: Atascocita News:

By the way, there are bunches of older Delorean conversions done before, including this:

The Home of the Electric Delorean Project
Dave Delman's 1981 DeLorean DMC-12
Electric DeLorean DMC 12 For Sale on eBay - Automobile Magazine Blog

And these:
Electrified DeLorean Heads Back to the Future | Autopia | Wired.com
Tilley Foundation DeLorean EV
Electric Delorean | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

 

[vfx]

Certainly tops on the list of cars that should have been electric.

 

[Mycroft]

From this video clip I found on Engadget, it appears the Delorean EV has even more road & bump noise than the Roadster! Not much of a surprise.

 

[TEG]

Certainly tops on the list of cars that should have been electric.

Just as long as it can at least muster 88MPH...
(LEAF maxes out at ~94MPH)

 

[richkae]

Certainly tops on the list of cars that should have been electric.

Especially since many ( ok some ) people praised the unique ( cool ) features of the car, but its crappy drivetrain was universally panned ( even DeLorean lovers have to apologize for it ).

 

[Mycroft]

Yeah, other than the looks, it was a pretty crappy car. That's why it kinda reminds me of the Karma. History repeating itself? Henrik better watch out for a drug sting!

 

[zack]

Looks? Eww! From the back, fine. From the front, unacceptable.

 

[JRP3]

New DeLorean gets composite body: http://www.evepic.com/torq-ev/item/30-epic-ev-to-build-composite-bodies-for-electric-delorean.html

 

[smorgasbord]

I'd rather wait for the Mr. Fusion conversion:

 

[doug]

Translogic takes DeLorean DMC-EV for a spin

 

[dpeilow]

Their battery supplier is Flux Power...

 

[user497]

Why would you pay $95k-$100k for a car that has 100 mile range and does 0-60 is 4.9 seconds when Roadsters cost slightly more, had much better range and acceleration (and used Roadsters are going for less)? I am sure some people prefer the look of the Delorean than the Roadster but it would be hard for me to justify such a price.

 

[doug]

Clearly the DeLorean is all about nostalgia.

 

[strider]

Why would you pay $95k-$100k for a car that has 100 mile range and does 0-60 is 4.9 seconds when Roadsters cost slightly more, had much better range and acceleration (and used Roadsters are going for less)? I am sure some people prefer the look of the Delorean than the Roadster but it would be hard for me to justify such a price.

Being in my mid-30's currently I have a very soft spot in my heart for the DeLorean. I mean, aside from the wheels and tires the design still looks incredible. But with it's terrible performance could never justify buying one, even as a toy. Now an electric one makes the peformance/efficiency argument go away. Yes, it's crazy expensive but if I had cash sloshing around I'd be interested.

 

[Rifleman]

Being in my mid-30's currently I have a very soft spot in my heart for the DeLorean. I mean, aside from the wheels and tires the design still looks incredible. But with it's terrible performance could never justify buying one, even as a toy. Now an electric one makes the peformance/efficiency argument go away. Yes, it's crazy expensive but if I had cash sloshing around I'd be interested.

This pretty much sums it up. I doubt that there are many people who grew up in the 80's who does not secretly want a DeLorean.

 

[rabar10]

Saw the electric Delorean referenced today on CTV News (Canada).

The business news reporter was clearly scoffing at the car being electrified. I think he needs a Roadster ride

 

[SoCalGuy]

Saw the car in person at the NYC Auto Show. The fit and finish of the car seem lacking - for example, the charging port requires that you remove the front grill, so it literally hangs while the cord is plugged in. Also, seems like some of their claims about performance and range are yet to be proven - even the Translogic video shows that the 0-60 time is still to be improved. At any rate, I wish them the best of luck. The more EVs, the better!

 

[igotzzoom]

Has anyone swapped in a Model S powertrain into a DeLorean? That would be cool.

 

[mspohr]

NHTSA releases final Low-Volume Manufacturing Rules | DeLorean

That said, with EV’s becoming more mainstream, we’ve been considering switching to an all-electric as the future. It certainly makes for an easier path through emissions maze which still looms large over any internal combustion engine. While an electric Cobra or Morgan may be a little extreme for their potential market, we’ve already seen that an EV DeLorean – as we displayed at the 2012 New York International Auto Show – is not such an “out there” idea.