British Supercar gets 700horses AND is electric!

[Cavalry]

The Lightening was revealed at the 2008 British Motor Show

Well here's a shock: a good looking British sports car (sorry Lotus). This is the Lightning GT, and instead of guzzling super unleaded it creates 700 horsepower using batteries.
Or so the Lightning Car Company claims. But we'll leave off being cynical for a moment (don't worry, it is only for a moment) and continue telling you just how good this thing looks. It is all classic GT: long hood, low curving roofline, and massive multi-spoke alloy wheels, complete with a major surprise.

Those blue discs? They ain't the brakes ? at least not in the traditional sense. The Lightning GT uses four hub-mounted electric motors, providing direct drive to the wheels. Combined with just 30 battery packs, these deliver the electric equivalent of "700 horsepower+" and each motor can be individually controlled.

Zero to 60 mph will, apparently, take less than four seconds ? "when it's fully developed." This leads us to the more eyebrow-raising areas of the Lightning?s specifications. Having just 30 batteries is surprising enough (most electric supercars use far more than that), but the claim is these give the car a 300-km [186-mile] range ? on just a 10-minute charge.

http://editorial.autos.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=567196&topart=newcarresearch

I sense troubles for that Telsa Roadster, though this looks like some kinda cross between a 2008 Chevy Corvette and Nissan GT-R with a Aston Martin frame. (side shot resembles a DB9)

 

[DEATHMASTER]

Too bad electric is probably about as bad as gas in pollution. Coal.

 

[Stormy]

I came.

 

[Barnz]

Where are the horses?

 

[Raziaar]

It literally feeds on lightning.

 

[TechnoHippyChic]

Too bad electric is probably about as bad as gas in pollution. Coal.

You could strap a solar panel on the roof and park outside.

 

[xcellerate]

looks good...

 

[PvtRyan]

Too bad electric is probably about as bad as gas in pollution. Coal.

Well, with electric, you have a choice in what you use to generate it, like nuclear or wind. With petrol, you don't.

 

[Dekstar]

It literally feeds on lightning.

Which makes me wonder if cars of the future will have lightning rods as standard.

 

[Ren.182]

That's pretty amazing. Cannot wait for electric cars (or car fueled by something else) to become the norm. Save me a load in money!

 

[Gray Fox]

It's so lame we still don't have proper flying cars in 2008.

 

[Mr Stabby]

I bet it's heavy with all those batteries.

 

[Dog--]

I still see a problem. It's British.

No, I'm kidding, but seriously, what happens when the zombies (or some sort of scenario like that) come and no one has any electricity anymore. Oops there goes your vehicle, hop on your bike ****tard.

 

[Cavalry]

Also, the other electric supercar I mentioned before (Telsa Roadster) can be found here.
http://www.teslamotors.com/design/gallery-body.php

Its funny how auto makers are making expensive electric supercars when the people who can afford them probably don't give half a shit about gas prices :|

 

[theotherguy]

I still see a problem. It's British.

No, I'm kidding, but seriously, what happens when the zombies (or some sort of scenario like that) come and no one has any electricity anymore. Oops there goes your vehicle, hop on your bike ****tard.

Keep a solar panel handy tbh.

 

[MRG]

Hmmm.. I like the looks of the car.

That sure is a lot of pony's under the hood or rather under the wheels. I, too, look forward to a day where we are not dependent on fossil fuels. I'd love nothing more than to cut off all imported oil by 100%. Greedy overseas bastards. They hate Americans, but we are making them rich. Let alone the impact on our planet such a move would make.

Interesting to say the least....

-MRG

 

[bam23]

That car does look very sexy.

 

[AKIRA]

did they ask a 5 year old to come up with the name of this company/car? LOL

still, very nice looking car. Only thing i don't like about electric cars is that you'll never get a monstrous sounding engine...who wants to drive a boring silent car around?

 

[Escaep]

How much do the batteries cost?

How long do they last? (lifetime)

Where do you put them when they go bad?

How much extra energy does it cost to charge them up?

Good idea and all but electric cars are NOT the future until the batteries become cheap and last forever. Everybody is going gung-ho over electric cars because they believe they are saving money with gas and saving the envirnonment. Granted, they are helping the environment by not emitting CO2. BUT, where do all these batteries go when they go bad? HMMMM? People are jumping all over the Toyota Prius. There is like a 3,000 person wait list. What people don't realize is that these batteries last only a few years and are like $3000. Which is about 750 gallons of gas. (Assuming of course the prices of batteries are right, i really don't know what they cost but they are very expensive.) Now, when these batteries go bad, where do they go? Oh, right, into the Earth where they create land waste and leak battery acid and other chemicals into the ground.

Skip electric and work on making Hydrogen cars more affordable.

 

[Druckles]

Wtf's a British?