Lightning GT battery electric sports car with 4 wheel motors

[richystar2001]

Electric cars of the future will have 1200hp+, all wheel drive with an AI computer that will assist every turn, acceleration and braking of the vehicle in full control. You could drive the car past your limits safely. Theoretical speeds are close to 300mph but tire technology for now has failed to improve. Electric bullet trains exceed 500kph today and will be faster in the future.

[sickgeeza]

I hope it isn't as slow as they've made it look on this video. Tesla is much better I recon. from paypal to electric cars. based on the lotus. it looks alot better. the lightening should have been based on something alot cooler. the name sucks too. lightening.

[konzy2]

Sounds like a bunch of people haven't heard an electric motor before, they really make some cool sounds

[ClownFight]

The only noise you need on a high performance EV is the scream of tortured tires as they struggle for traction under the mountain of torque being poured into them.

[HiImPetrosYou]

i think that the main reason supercars exist is the sence of acceleration they can provide. if an electric car can do this better, they are better to my oppinion.

what more perfect than an electirc cabrio car that enables you to drive without the slightest noise. What an alien experience would that be, like floatin on a flying carpet. and then continously accelerate to the max speed. i would really like to have this alien experience that only an ev can provide.

[miniUMM]

omg 4wd !!!

[oasiejiun]

how expansive?

[LOLDISNEYLAND]

maybe about 132 nautical miles...

[Maxfield93]

I like a silent engine, makes me feel sleek and smooth...sorta deadly silent.

Always found loud engines rather annoying. Can't wait for electric cars to be mainstream.

[Janusha]

Im all for electric in cars that will just take me to work or to the shops.. but for a sportscar, especially a supercar, it needs the roar of a proper engine. How uneventful will performance cars be without it.

[tsport100]

Uneventful......... an EV will totally embarriss even 650hp supercars...

Go ask Mercedes who just announced a 500hp 4WD EV supercar if they think it needs to make stupid noise to be the fastest thing on the road!

[resellworld]

true, but wouldn't you still want to hear that nice roaring sound coming out the exhaust demanding the attention of your neighbors?

[LOLDISNEYLAND]

not really, whenever I hear some loud v8 with no tailpipe come past my house I can't even talk to my neighbours without yelling. It really pisses me off. Keep that loud shit on the track, not on public roads. Its enough that the buses and trucks are fuckin loud.

[TakayaFreeman]

Not to mention that no tailpipe is illegal in some states.

[toyotaprius79]

@TakayaFreeman k?

[Janusha]

Car makers spend alot of time to make a car feel good. It has to feel right and alot of that comes from sound. The door has to make a proper click, instruments need a comforting ding. When people describe a supercar, they cant get around the fantastic howl of a Ferrari V8 or an Aston Martin V12. When its all electric 50% of what makes supercars exciting, is gone. You wont watch a race where the cars go whoosh instead of screaming past. Electric cars wont go any faster. just be less exciting.

[tsport100]

Only 'kids' put loud exhaust systems on their cars, we all eventually grow up!

Give me silent supercar beating linear torque any day of the week. You know the saying about the loudest person in the room!!!

[noodzus]

BANG ON.

[netiaz]

@Janusha I think some sort of haptic feedback of, let's say, an electric sportscar's demand and output is either present in or being developed. I would like to know if a driver can "feel" the 36,000 RPM of a Porsche kinetic storage flywheel (which makes it "go faster"). I suppose I'm suggesting that newer and better sensations will exist. Just wait until you experience sensation via a neural link to the automobile's computer, which in turn, forces you to react.

[antiapostle1]

Better question is, how exciting will super cars be when combustion engines have something incredible to compete with ?

[k0walsk]

If a car looks this good, I forgive it the electric engine.

[daniial1]

yeah a guy named LOLDISNEYLAND have expensive cars and is talking big. man you are funny.

[tsport100]

PML Flightlink Limited - in Administration

EM Shires and RW Birchall were appointed as Joint Administrators of PML Flightlink Limited on 28th November 2008 to manage its affairs,

[Nichen]

Nice, first time I see the Lightning in high speed. Thanks a million tsport100!

[deKubber]

let the Stig have a run in it

[peterweetbeter]

The future begins, people; but not only in the sportscar version; let's do it now!

[bellaggio1770]

I still haven't found a video with a PML equipped car showing how fast it can accelerate. THey re all cruising around like golf carts. Until they do, I call bogus on the 700hp claim.

[lukchikwong]

I fully agree. Just hot air!!!

[LOLDISNEYLAND]

I can't believe this shit I seriously can't. How thick of a skull do you have? 700hp is normally possible in this electric! It's normal if you have a battery source that can pump out juice that fast!! And electric cars don't cruise around like golf carts unless you have one that uses very little power. My electric car can beat any v8 or 4 turbo off the mark with ease and it only has one gear (direct shaft) too lol!

[paker51]

Would like to see one in the price range of a normal person. Few "millonares" are concerned with "green" transportation, or the cost of gas.

[maosw]

Considering the car can race a Ferrari and has the looks of an Aston/Jaguar, the pricing is kinda reasonable:

Q. How much will I have to pay to own a Lightning?

A. We are aiming for a price of £120,000 (inc. VAT) excluding options. Circa €155,000 (as at 20/10/08)

[trylonperisphere]

Have you asked millionaires if they are concerned with green transportation or the price of gas, or are you just making things up?

[LOLDISNEYLAND]

LOL it's not about being "green" you idiot. I hate the stigma surrounding electric cars that the reason for their being is because they are "green".. lol thats bullshit. Electric cars are much simpler than petrol engine cars and have way better efficiency not to mention the torque curve is amazing, so it's also got fantastic acceleration! My electric is just a dream to drive and always exciting. I love it so much that I sold my v8 clubsport cos it wasn't being used anymore lol.

[deKubber]

would sure like to see/hear this car in person

[turbochevynova]

awesome car but i dont realy like cars like tha