The Lightning Car Company is a

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developer, originally based in

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and

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, the company relocated to

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and is focused on the development and production of high performance electric

s. As of August, 2020, the company's web site has not been substantially updated since 2019.

Lightning GT

The firm's first product, the eponymous

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, was unveiled in 2008 where it won Car of The Show at the last Excel London Motor Show. It is loosely based on an extant internal-combustion vehicle from

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. It incorporates quick-charging lithium-titanate batteries from

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into a body made from Carbon Fibre. The Lightning GT employs rear wheel drive from two synchronous motors to accelerate to in less than 4 seconds and has an expected usable range of on a single battery charge, with a range extender battery pack option increasing this to 225 miles (360 km). The company was taking orders for 2012 delivery, this was later moved back to 2014, and subsequently 2017. The prototype was displayed at the Coventry Motofest, featuring a revised Magtec power train.The cars have been shown since in London at the London Motor Show in 2016,in Suffolk and in Paris in 2019 where it was demonstrated.

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*3. Green Pioneers: Can I interest you in an electric supercar? Sunday Times article 24 October 2010

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