Electric Sports Cars

The electric sports car market is turning out to be a keenly contested area with manufacturers regularly announcing future electric sports cars. The irony is that most people think of electric cars as slow and cumbersome however electric sports cars offer acceleration that only the worlds best supercars can compete with. Their small lightweight bodies make sports cars well suited to being electrified and electric sports cars are currently the pinnacle of electric car development. They offer the very latest in electric car technology but are also the most expensive! We can expect the prices of electric sports cars to come down though as the new technology becomes more mainstream. Electric sports cars have been a success partly due to the way electric motors work. Electric vehicles have a high torque over a larger range of speeds, as compared to an internal combustion engine, and unlike an internal combustion engine there is no delay in developing torque. These two factors have enabled the kind of performance we see in electric sports cars. Despite their awesome performance electric sports cars also still offer incredible energy efficiency and running costs.

Venturi electric sports car

Venturi Fetish
Electric motor: 220 kW, 380 Nm of torque
Battery: Li-poly 45kWh, Charging: 80%-6hrs on-board, 3hrs off board
Range: 180 miles/290 km, Top speed: 112 mph/180 kmh
Efficiency: 250 Wh/mile, 15.5 kWh/100km
The Venturi 2 seater electric sports car is all carbon fibre and very expensive! It does 0-60 in a blistering 4 seconds.

Lightning electric sports car

Lightening
Electric motor: Four 120 kW motors producing 700 bhp
Battery: NanoSafe nano titanate 36kWh, Charging: Overnight from home, 2 hrs from 3 phase, 10 mins from quick charger
Range: 188 miles/300 km, Top speed: 130 mph/209 kph (limited)
Efficiency: 191 Wh/mile, 11.9 kWh/100km
Carbon fibre/kevlar composite electric sports car, 0-60 in 4 seconds.

Tesla electric sports car

Tesla Roadster
Electric motor: 248 hp/185kW 375V AC induction air-cooled motor
Battery: Lithium-ion stores 53kWh, Charging: 3.5 hrs from off-board 70A quick charger
Range: 220 miles/354 km, Top speed: 125 mph/201 kph (limited)
Efficiency: 240.9 Wh/mile, 14.9 kWh/100km
Lotus Elise based electric sports car, 0-60 in 4 seconds.

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