Lightning GT

[dpeilow]

From here:

Lightning GT sports car (EEMS Accelerate)

A consortium called EEMS Accelerate has won £2.3m for a trial of 21 high-performance electric sports cars. Included in the project are two Lightning GT sports cars. Constructed from lightweight aluminium, they use a lithium-titanate battery that can be charged in 10 minutes with the right kit but will take much longer if plugged in at home. The car has a claimed range of 180 miles. It’s powerful, too: 500bhp and a top speed of 130mph.

I wonder what the other 19 are?

 

[malcolm]

Low carbon winners welcomed | Fleet News

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), has welcomed the news that government funding worth £25 million has been allocated to the winners of the Technology Strategy Board’s (TSB) Ultra Low Carbon Vehicle Demonstrator competition.

The successful bids bring together car manufacturers, power companies, Regional Development Agencies, councils and academic institutions and will operate across eight UK locations to deliver low carbon vehicles to consumers.

The winning consortia are:
• Coventry and Birmingham Low Emission Demonstrators (CABLED)
• Electric Vehicle Accelerated Development in the North East (EVADINE)
• Ford Focus Battery Electric Vehicle
• London South East Bid
• MINI E Research Project
• The Allied Vehicles Project
• PHV – Paving the way to full commercialisation of plug-in hybrid vehicles
• EEMS Accelerate

Deliver???

 

[dpeilow]

Lightning Announces Plans for More Electric Cars | Zoomi Life

The Lightning Car Company, through its chairman Ian Sanderson, has announced their intention to also offer three other vehicles. All will be based on the GT’s drive train, but no solid date for release was given for those vehicles.

Those will be all-electrics, like the GT, and will include a high-end, chauffeur-driven car, an SUV, and a smaller sports car with similar style to the GT.

 

[dpeilow]

From today: [video]http://www.twitvid.com/SOH7E[/video]

 

[vfx]

Now that's a tease...

What's the other one? "Currently fastest electric car on the road."

 

[dpeilow]

Citroen Survolt. It's a working concept - not sure if any will see production though.

 

[Kevin Sharpe]

Lightning Electric Sportscar | Nov 8th, Poole

http://www.theiet.org/local/uk/south/dorset-wilts/bournelightning.cfm

 

[kgb]

When I saw this thread's title, I couldn't resist.

Note: Although the vehicle moved with an ICE, the time machine was an EV

 

[dpeilow]

I'm there.

 

[doug]

Electric GT to hit UK in 2012 - Autocar

The proposed in-wheel motors have been ditched for a twin-motor, rear-drive powertrain...

Not at all surprising. I have yet to see anyone really follow through on the wheel motor idea.

 

[WarpedOne]

Next news will be they have ditched two motor idea and are going with a single motor and diff.

 

[Jaff]

"Lightning, Britain’s DB9-sized, all-electric GT, is about to enter a “late prototype” phase and should be ready for 250-units-a-year production by spring 2012, according to its backer, Iain Sanderson.

The GT is intended to offer Aston and Bentley levels of pace and sophistication. It is expected to sell for £180,000."

So their production will max out at 250 / yr...and a lightning will run ya about $250,000 USD per, eh?...makes the Roadster seem like a bargin! :biggrin::wink:

 

[Jaff]

I wonder what will happen to the Lightning's performance numbers if they drop down to one motor..?

(might have to rename it ) :biggrin::wink:

Next news will be they have ditched two motor idea and are going with a single motor and diff.

 

[dsm363]

When I saw this thread's title, I couldn't resist.

Note: Although the vehicle moved with an ICE, the time machine was an EV

I believe the vehicle was locomotive powered in the third movie too.

 

[kgb]

So their production will max out at 250 / yr...and a lightning will run ya about $250,000 USD per, eh?...makes the Roadster seem like a bargin! :biggrin::wink:

Yes, and they expect that 0-60mph will be sub-5 sec and it will have a range of over 100 miles!

Or for half the price, you can have 0-60 in sub 4 sec and a range of over 200 miles. :wink:

 

[tdelta1000]

Another case of the Tesla affect.

 

[WarpedOne]

I wonder what will happen to the Lightning's performance numbers if they drop down to one motor..?

They could use a slightly bigger motor...

 

[Jaff]

True...what size motors are they currently using?

They could use a slightly bigger motor...

 

[domenick]

According to this German article, they may be exploring using DBM Energy batteries instead of the Altairnano cells.

 

[dpeilow]

Did anyone go to the talk at Poole? I would have but was out of the country on business, unfortunately.