Vehicle manufacturers have been playing around with electricity as a fuel alternative for cars for a while now, but most are impractical, and don’t pack much power under the hood. Then there’s the Lightning GT…
Built by UK’s Lightning Car Company, the Lightning GT has ability to drive 100 miles on a 10 minute charge, and sporting 700hp (holy sh*t!), this electric car may actually stand a chance at being your next vehicle.
The GT has four separate electric motors to drive each wheel, providing, you guessed it, all-wheel drive. And those four motors totalling 700hp, propel the vehicle from 0-60 in 4 seconds, competing with even the fastest gas-powered supercars on the market today.
The Lightning GT doesn’t use your standard Lithium-ion battery either… It uses a battery developed by Altairnano, called NanoSafe. This new battery takes most of the electric car frowns, and turns them upside-down. It only takes 10 minutes, yes you heard right, 10 minutes to fully charge, and take you 100 miles on that charge. The NanoSafe battery will also last longer, about 12+ years as compared to the standard 3-5 years with most current batteries.
Only one problem… the $300,000 price tag… ouch!
The Lightning GT is set to hit the market in 2009. Given its prohibitive price tag, it might take a while to catch on, but who knows, maybe in the coming years we’ll be seeing this car on the roads… and it might even be you driving it.
Tags: , Car, Cars, Earth-friendly Car, Electric Car, Green Car, Lightning GT
January 31st, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Hello from Sweden, just wanted to say great article! I try to visit your blog atleast once a week