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Wll lightning strike any time soon? (http://www.egmcartech.com/2008/07/09/700-hp-lightning-gt-ev-to-make-world-debut-at-london/)

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Lightning_warehouse_small.jpgeGM CarTech - July 9, 2008

UK’s Lightning Car Company will hold the world debut of their Lightning GT EV at the London Motor Show on July 23rd. The Lightning GT has no engine and runs only on an electric motor powered by an advanced battery technology called NanoSafe.

Producing 700 horsepower, the Hi-Pa Drive electric powertrain is mated with nano titanate battery packs that produce 36kW of power. The batteries in turn power four magnet brushless motors that produces 120kW for each wheel enabling independent traction control and regenerative braking. That gives the Lightning GT a range of 250 miles with only 10 minutes of charging and high-performance with a 0-60 time of 4 seconds and a top speed of 130mph.

The Lightning GT is available with AC, a tyre pressure monitoring system, a navigation system, full leather trim and a mobile charging system. Pricing details have yet to be announced by Lightning Car Company is taking £15,000 deposits for those interested in pre-ordering one for their driveway.

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I can't but think of James Bond looking at that. Puts the Tesla to shame. SoOoO sexy :)

This thing looks like an EV Aston Martin, great look! and only 10mins to charge it?! I want one...too bad it'll cost somewhere in the 100 000 - 200 000 dollar range :(

The 10 min charge is on a 480volt source, i dont know of any houses that have a source of that voltage. The 220volt charge time is about 1-2 hours, which still is pretty good.

To me the amazing thing about these batteries is the estimated life. They estimate 15,000 to 20,000 charges until the batteries need to be replaced.

Just say the range is only 150 miles per charge. The low range of recharge estimates is 2,250,000 miles. I dont know of any cars that would last that many miles. Seriously the batteries are intense. Hopefully they start to be able to mass produce these batteries. Right now they are very very expensive. If they can mass produce them at a decent price these batteries could help make the electric car a mainstream product very quickly.

This battery technology is very very exciting to me.

Very sharp car.

Trickle-down technology, hurry up! Start trickling already! All I need is 1/7 the hp (and cost) and we can make a deal.

I'd be really interested to know how their 36 kW batteries manage to send 120 kW to each of four motors.

Then we might have a look at the facility needed to put that amount of energy into batteries in 10 minutes. Maybe a direct line to your local distribution transformer?

]The 10 min charge is on a 480volt source, i dont know of any houses that have a source of that voltage. [/B]The 220volt charge time is about 1-2 hours, which still is pretty good.


220 volt circuits with 480 volt 3 phase lines are the norm in Europe. It has advantages over 120/240 in that current demand is lower and line resistance is less of an issue. The down side is that 220 volts can kill.

It was very frustrating when we lived in Kuwait 40 years ago because their power grid was built by the Brits and, of course, they used 240/480 volt circuits. If you wanted to run your US built appliances, or in our case, a toy electric train you had to do it throug a step down 240 to 120 volt transformer.

220 volt circuits with 480 volt 3 phase lines are the norm in Europe. It has advantages over 120/240 in that current demand is lower and line resistance is less of an issue. The down side is that 220 volts can kill.

It was very frustrating when we lived in Kuwait 40 years ago because their power grid was built by the Brits and, of course, they used 240/480 volt circuits. If you wanted to run your US built appliances, or in our case, a toy electric train you had to do it throug a step down 240 to 120 volt transformer.

I see, so it makes sense why the 480 volts. Still the 220 volt charge time is not to bad.

I'd be really interested to know how their 36 kW batteries manage to send 120 kW to each of four motors.

Then we might have a look at the facility needed to put that amount of energy into batteries in 10 minutes. Maybe a direct line to your local distribution transformer?


It's actually pretty simple. All you need is some plutonium and one of these flux gizmos. :D
http://www.thegreenhead.com/imgs/back-to-the-future-flux-capacitor-replica-3.jpg

I'd be really interested to know how their 36 kW batteries manage to send 120 kW to each of four motors.

Then we might have a look at the facility needed to put that amount of energy into batteries in 10 minutes. Maybe a direct line to your local distribution transformer?

Probably should read 120kW per wheel of power from a 36kWh battery pack at a 16C discharge rate?
Anyway it uses the altairnano batteries, check out the EV section.

Tokyo electric power company TEPCO high power charger uses 400V, three phase for MIEV and Subaru R1e fast charge. It is about the size of a large fridge. They claimed an efficiency of 90-95%. The connector is fairly heavy. It costs about 200,000Yen($20k). They will begin installing next year in Kanagawa Pref , Japan at government offices.

Good Luck
Andrew