Well, it’s close.
Remember a while back I wrote a proposition here about and interesting & fun way to make a performance hybrid?
Well, it seems like some enterprising Brits have done about half of that: check out the Thorr Electric Sports Car.
I’m not sure why someone hasn’t done this sooner … the Lotus 7 (and all its variants) are very light cars, so that gives the potential eco-car-geek a good place to start.
Of course, what the fellows at Thorr have done is just a straight electric car, not the train style hybrid I proposed, and so means there’s some compromises.
The first thing I noticed was the weight. Clocking in at 1661 pounds is pretty damn heavy for a Lotus 7 (normally these things weigh around 1200). And the range at a constant 75 MPH is 86.8 miles. And usually range & performance figures for electric vehicles is on the tad optimistic side.
Anyway, it’s a start … get the weight down the range up and bring it in for the cost of a Miata and then you’ll have something.
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