Electric-Powered Lightning GT (Fastest Electric Car)

If the sultry supercar lines are familiar, thats because they were taken wholesale from the 1999 Ronart Lightning. Rather than deriving its power from a Mustang engine, however, the new Lightning uses a quartet of in-wheel electric motors to produce more than 700 hp. Thundering to 60 mph in less than five seconds, the Lightning will hit a top speed of 130 mph, and cruise for some 200 miles on a full charge. But the Lightning is remarkable not merely for how quick it looks, or even for how quickly it moves, but for how quickly it recharges. The company decided to eschew lithium-ion batteries for a highly advanced nano-titanate cell (30 of them, in fact) that will charge to capacity in less than 10 minutes at special hihj-voltage charging stations. The Lightning should fetch about $240,000 when it hums into showrooms a year to 18 months from now.

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[sajabz2007]

Lithium Titanate batteries can be charged in 10 mins, (a battery back can be swapped instantly within seconds) they can produce the equivalent of 350bhp with less than 5% of the total weight of an engine, transmission, etc. Producing 100% torque, power is delivered instantly, on tap and the power to weight of the space shuttle. Passionate about racing?

[tsport100]

PML Flightlink admit they are under administration on the front page of their own web site so it's no rumour.

[GTWCMT]

One of the problems with this cars was that the drive system makers has gone into administration! (acording to reports) I wonder what going to happen to the car?