Although the British
Lightning Car Company, which is behind the whole project, is taking pre-orders for the
Lightning GT EV since March, it will be only tomorrow that the prospective customers and general public will have the first chance to see and actually
touch the mighty
electric car. Trying to get extra publicity, the company has released a fresh set of images of the upcoming
EV. Enjoy.
By the way, the company has also informed us that the
Lightning GT EV will use a set of the NanoSafe batteries by
AltairNano. Using nano titanate materials instead of conventional anodes made of graphite, NanoSafe's breakthrough (yes, it is actually
the breakthrough) technology makes the batteries much more thermally stable, significantly reducing risks of them catching fire due to overload. More than that, the batteries are also less prone to wear: NanoSafe says that their batteries may live more than 12 years and will retain as much as 85% of their original capacity even after 15,000 cycles. Compare that to
Tesla Roadster's current battery pack that has to be changed every five or six years.
As we have already reported back in March, the batteries need only about 10 minutes to fully charge and will allow up to 250 miles of driving, which will cost you about $6.25 in electricity bill.
Alas, still no info on the EV's price.
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