I want one of these BRITISH cars!!.......

podge · 3rd August 2008, 16:57

A new car company from our shores and they hope to have this magnificent car in production in 2010 and its ELECTRIC!!!
http://www.autoblog.com/photos/llc-lightning-gt/942009/

So you could say that an English Electric Lightning has been re-born...just as stunning as the one with wings!!

tourerfogey · 3rd August 2008, 17:42

0 - 60 in around 4 seconds is pretty impressive and it looks fantastic - be interesting to see how far you can go between charging - strangely they haven't released that data yet...

pondweed · 3rd August 2008, 17:54

do modern (i.e. being planned now) electric cars re-charge themselves like the hybrid prius does using braking energy?

Pete · 3rd August 2008, 18:24

Some still have the idea although they don't always feed into a battery pack but instead into capacitors for when you need a burst of energy.

The one good thing about the race to provide electric power is that manufacturers are looking into a variety of technologies for storing and recharging - there's new fast charging systems now being trialled which takes one of the biggest criticisms away.

pondweed · 3rd August 2008, 18:44

fast charging systems - yes, but they aint green!

they just rely on combustion made (and polluting) elsewhere...

podge · 3rd August 2008, 19:39

Apparently a 10 minute charge(probably the 3 phase one) would give a 200 mile range! more info here....I do hope this company gets suceeds and is not trodden on by the "Big Guns".More info here:
http://www.lightningcarcompany.co.uk/qanda.php

tourerfogey · 3rd August 2008, 21:24

Environmental considerations aside, driving a car like that without the roar/rumble of a V8 / V10 / V12 just wouldn't seem right would it?

Jules · 3rd August 2008, 21:52

You'd have to have the noise of a big engine coming through the hi fi
VROOM VROOM

timbop6wife · 3rd August 2008, 22:52

I like the look of that,

Kiwirover · 4th August 2008, 05:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by tourerfogey

Environmental considerations aside, driving a car like that without the roar/rumble of a V8 / V10 / V12 just wouldn't seem right would it?

Perhaps they could mount a piece of plastic card just touching the wheel spokes to provide “real engine noise feedback”. I had one on my bicycle a century or so ago. It was all the rage at the time IIRC

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tourerfogey Banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	0 - 60 in around 4 seconds is pretty impressive and it looks fantastic - be interesting to see how far you can go between charging - strangely they haven't released that data yet...

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tourerfogey Banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Environmental considerations aside, driving a car like that without the roar/rumble of a V8 / V10 / V12 just wouldn't seem right would it?