At the British Motor Show across the pond in London where gas is about $10 a gallon, The Lightning just unveiled their new electric sports car which uses the new lithium-titanate battery technology. Why is this important? Well the battery can be charged in minutes unlike Tesla’s production Roadster which takes a couple of hours to charge.
“Tesla have done a good job getting to production - the Roadster is an impressive car,” said Chris Dell, MD of the Lightning Car Co. “Why’s the Lightning better? Because we’ve got fast-charge technology. It’s future-proofed.”
At £120,000 or $239,400, the price is a bit steep for the early adapters. However, competition is what I love to see and hopefully more and more shops will spring up with better technology to out-do each other. Who knows, it may even wake the big three into doing better than the absolute minimum at some point.
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December 14th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
One of my best freinds designed this car and what a car it is. Well done Dan!!! Its much better than anything else on the market. I hope we see it on the road soon. A big massive thumbs up. Go Lightning!!!