Lightning GT
| Lightning | |
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| GT | |
| Production period: | since 2015 |
| Class : | Sports car |
| Body versions : | Coupe |
| Engines: |
Electric motors : 300 kW |
| Length: | 4445 mm |
| Width: | 1940 mm |
| Height: | 1200 mm |
| Wheelbase : | 2590 mm |
| Empty weight : | |
The Lightning GT is a British automobile design in the form of a GT sports car that is operated with electrical energy and was originally designed with four wheel hub motors each delivering around 120 kW (163 hp ) , later with a DC synchronus twin motor drivetrain (double direct current - Synchronous motor ). The traction motors are of a lithium titanate battery powered, which depending on the charging option according to the manufacturer in each case 15 hours to two and a half hours (onboard charger) or ten to twenty minutes ( Fast charge can be recharged).
The vehicle with the design of a GT sports car was presented in the UK in June 2007 by Chris Dell , director of the London-based Lightning Car Company , and developer and chief engineer Arthur Wolstenholme .
The car is said to cost € 137,000 (as of September 2009). The start of series production was initially stated by the manufacturer as 2010 and has since been postponed in several steps to the end of 2015.
Technical specifications
(Manufacturer information in 2012, these are regularly subject to considerable changes in the course of development and series introduction, including information about the basic design of the vehicle)
- Drive: four original brushless permanent magnet - wheel motors with 120 kW (163.2 hp), 2012, but on the company's website, a twin motor system (400 PS) specified with rear-wheel drive 300 kW
- Torque: approx. 750 Nm originally, in 2012 4000 + Nm are specified
- Top speed: approx. 209 km / h (130 mph )
- Acceleration: less than five seconds from 0 to 100 km / h
- Drive battery : originally a lithium titanate accumulator from Altair Nanotechologies , information 2012: Standard Lithium Ion or Titanate .
- Battery capacity: originally 35 kWh , in 2012 44 kWh are specified
- Range with a full battery: 240 km for the standard car , with an extended range pack 360 km
- Energy recovery when braking through a recuperation brake
- Chassis: aluminum in sandwich honeycomb construction
- Body: lightweight aluminum construction as well as Kevlar and CFRP
See also
Web links
- The Lightning Car Company (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Lightning GT at Spiegel online (June 18, 2007)
- ↑ rp-online.de: ( Memento of the original from January 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Electric athlete Lightning GT
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from February 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Technical data on the manufacturer's website , accessed in September 2012 ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
