News Detroit SP01 Powerful Electric Sport Car It Could Run Up to 250 Km / Hour

Quite rarely used as a brand name of the city, let alone the brand of car. Typically, is used brand name of its founder? It happened in Detroit. A brand new electric car.

The novelty of this brand may not be true, because Detroit Electric is already established over 100 years ago. But had died in 1939, and recently re-established in 2007 after re-established by Lotus Engineering CEO Albert Lam Group and an injection of cash from the Chinese company, Youngman.

And as a breakthrough, this brand also showed an electric-powered sports car theirs Detroit SP: 01.

It’s no secret that the carbon-fiber shell comes from a Lotus Exige. Interestingly enough, the Tesla Roadster is based largely on the Lotus Elise platform. Built on the Lotus Elise platform, the car is claimed only takes 3.7 seconds to accelerate from rest to 100 km / h, similar to the Tesla Roadster.

While top speed car reaches 250 km / h. fast enough for an electric car.

Ability Detroit SP: 01 is obtained from are electric car produces power equivalent to 201 bhp with 166 lb-ft of torque channeled through a 4-speed manual transmission. However, 2-speed automatic transmission also they provide.

Here’s hoping that Detroit Electric finds the same level of success as its forebearer. The EV market is wide open for new players. Tesla, while Detroit Electric’s main competition, has a large head start but by no means a monopoly. Fisker is dead in the water, GM and Toyota are pursuing hybrids, and Nissan is seemingly content selling low-end electric vehicles.


According to plan, the car shown at the Shanghai Auto Show will be produced as many as 999 units with prices ranging from U.S. $ 135 thousand with production beginning in August in Detroit, USA.