Lightning GT | Fully Charged

Robert Llewellyn takes a look at the The Lightning GT electric supercar!
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Robert Llewellyn takes a drive with Iain Sanderson, the brainchild behind the Lightning GT. 'Developed in Britain, The Lightning GT provides supercar drivers with the performance, looks and style they seek, yet emission free at point of use. The Lightning features the very latest in new and proven technologies with a range of advanced engineering and technical features.'

For more information on the Lightning GT visit: http://www.lightningcarcompany.co.uk/...

ABOUT FULLY CHARGED:
Fully Charged is an online show hosted by Robert Llewellyn (Red Dwarf, Scrapheap Challenge, Carpool), sponsored by British Gas: Looking After Your World. During this series, Robert will discuss why we need to change how we think about energy consumption now. He will be taking a look at the newest electric cars available on the market [Volvo, Ford, Peugeot, Renault & Nissan] and also different forms of renewable energy [Wind and Solar].

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  Science & Technology

[Glenn Heston]

The Twizzy is not a car, it's a recreational vehicle.

[fullychargedshow]

You are quite right. The Twizy is not a car, it's a quadricycle, legally in the UK, it is not a car. It's not pretending to be a car, it's not saying, look, !'m a car' but really it's cheating. It's just not a car, it's an amazing, efficient and incredibly useful transportation system for a minority of people in cities where the weather is generally warm and dry. So about 30% of the global population, let's say about 2.5 billion people.

[Todd Bevins]

I hate how things that are battery powered are called "Green". They are not green when the power created for the charging of the batteries was created by burning coal. The electric cars are cool and novel but lets be honest about it. If you think you are a notch above everyone else because you drive an electric car vs one that burns gas, you re fooling yourself.

[fullychargedshow]

personally I dislike the term 'green' when it's about cars. I agree, no cars are 'green' it's just annoying and dated marketing speak. However it's important to remember that electricity can come from other sources, oil cannot. For example, Norway, a country blessed with more than enough hydro electric generation burns no coal and has more electric cars than anywhere else. In Norway, an electric car is, without question, cleaner. An electric car CAN be cleaner, that's the important point.

[fullychargedshow]

I think, @Galfonz you need to come up with a new argument as that one is old, tedious and of course completely untrue. I can't be bothered to argue the point again, I'll just give you a simple response.

'Look mum, a fossil burning car that also burns coal to generate the electricity that's needed to refine the petrol.'

[aminur rahman]

Needs more driver involvement, like a manual gearbox or sequential one

[Wangige Michael]

am fond of your videos fullychargedshow... please if you can do a video on the MODEL S. Thank you sir. keep up the good work!!!!!!!

[TheWorldCitizen1]

to long charging time,to shorth range ,

[tusambolo]

With the fast charger it should take 10 min. to recharge at least that is what I remember about Altairnano batteries .

[dearseall]

Das ist ein wunderschones Beispiel dafür, dass E-Autos nicht komisch aussehen müssen!

[m1aws]

When test drives are offered. Go try one. They pull nothing like a fuel car and soo smooth!

This racer never expected to scare himself!!

/watch?v=ObpwRKQm6WQ

[m1aws]

Check out the site "zerocarbonworld" and the Ecotricity maps. There are many more! In fact if your ev is a camper, what better place to hook up!

[Michael Lenoch]

This channel is a brilliantly novel idea! Well done!