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After having announced their return, Detroit Electric has finally revealed its first car, and it's a sporty Lotus Exige-based EV with impressive performance figures and a manual gearbox – the SP:01. You could also say that it marks the return of the Tesla Roadster…
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While Tesla Motors started its career and gained worldwide attention through its 2008 electric-powered Roadster that was built around the Lotus Elise and which has since been retired, the Silicon Valley-based carmaker has much bigger plans in store for...
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Lotus is as much an engineering firm as they are a mass manufacturer of automobiles. The Elise, Exige, and Europa all stem from the same aluminum tub; not one of them contends for sales crowns in any nation. So when Chrysler LLC comes to Lotus for engineering...
Cars
Detroit Electric Reveals Lotus-Based SP:01 – First Model since 1939, Priced from $135,000
After having announced their return, Detroit Electric has finally revealed its first car, and it's a sporty Lotus Exige-based EV with impressive performance figures and a manual gearbox – the SP:01. You could also say that it marks the return of the Tesla Roadster…
They say it is the fastest all-electric production car on the market, reaching 62 mph (100 km/h) in 3.7 seconds, before topping out at 155 mph (248 km/h) - we think Croatia's Rimac might have something to say about that, though. The acceleration is the same as that of the Tesla Roadster, but the SP:01 does have a higher top speed.
Read more »- Historic Detroit Electric Brand Revived, Teases New Sports Car Ahead Of Shanghai Auto Show
If you were born after World War II and haven't studied the history of car brands in the United States, chances are you've never heard about an American automobile company called "Detroit Electric", which was a subsidiary of the Anderson...
- U Design: Tesla Model C Concept Study For A Compact Electric Hatch By Dejan Hristov
While Tesla Motors started its career and gained worldwide attention through its 2008 electric-powered Roadster that was built around the Lotus Elise and which has since been retired, the Silicon Valley-based carmaker has much bigger plans in store for...
- Pg Elektrus Is A $312k Pure Electric Lotus Elise With A Carbon-fiber Body
Production of the Tesla Roadster may have ended but the pure-electric roadster model from Silicon Valley showed the way to other companies – and we mean that in the literal sense, as the PG Elektrus is an all too similar proposal. Created by...
- Tesla Wants $400 Million Bailout Loan - Anyone Else?
Everyone wants a piece of the (bailout) pie; even tiny Tesla Motors. The Associate Press reported that the Silicon Valley-based electric car joined Detroit's Big Three automakers in their bid to get a $25 billion government aid. Tesla was said to...
- What Is The Dodge Electric Vehicle?
Lotus is as much an engineering firm as they are a mass manufacturer of automobiles. The Elise, Exige, and Europa all stem from the same aluminum tub; not one of them contends for sales crowns in any nation. So when Chrysler LLC comes to Lotus for engineering...