Το Detroit Electric SP:01 θα παράγεται στην Αγγλία, και θα κυκλοφορήσει μέσα στο έτος

21:00 26/6/2014 - Πηγή: AutoBlog

H Detroit Electric ανακοίνωσε ότι το SP:01 δεν θα κατασκευάζεται τελικά στην Ολλανδία αλλά σε ένα νεόδμητο εργοστάσιο στην Αγγλία.

Όπως ξέρουμε, βασίζεται πάνω στο Lotus Exige και φορά έναν ηλεκτροκινητήρα τοποθετημένο στο κέντρο, απόδοσης 150 kW (204 ίππων) με 225 Nm ροπής, με τα 0-100 χλμ/ώρα να τα κάνει σε 3,7 δευτερόλεπτα, έχοντας τελική ταχύτητα 250 χλμ/ώρα.

Το SP:01 παρουσιάστηκε πριν περίπου από ένα χρόνο, με την Detroit

Electric να αναφέρει ότι θα μπορούσαν να υπάρξουν κάποιες αλλαγές στο σχεδιασμό, με την “τελική σχεδίαση του αυτοκινήτου να αποκαλυπτεται μέσα στις επόμενες εβδομάδες.”

Ο CEO της Detroit Electric, Albert Lam, δήλωσε χαρακτηριστικά:

Ενώ το Ντιτρόιτ ήταν η τοποθεσία που αρχικά θέλαμε να κατασκευάσουμε το αυτοκίνητο, η νομοθετική διαδικασία για την παραγωγή και την πώληση του SP: 01 στις ΗΠΑ μας καθυστέρησε περισσότερο απ’όσο αναμέναμε. Αυτό σημαίνει ότι η παραγωγή του θα πρέπει να βρίσκεται στην Ευρώπη για να μας επιτρέψει να διαθέσουμε το αυτοκίνητο σε παγκόσμιο επίπεδο, σύμφωνα με το χρονοδιάγραμμα μας.

Η παραγωγή του θα περιοριστεί στις 999 μονάδες με αρχική τιμή τις $135.000 (€99.500).

Δελτίο Τύπου

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market globally in line with our timing plans. We’re growing our team at the company’s headquarters in Detroit and we are committed to bringing investment and jobs to the Detroit economic area in the very near future.”/pp Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.63039779663086px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #333333; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;"The SP:01 will spearhead a diverse family of all-electric production cars, including an electric 2+2 supercar and a sedan model that will be engineered, developed and assembled at a planned facility in Michigan./pp Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.63039779663086px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #333333; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">“We are custodians of an iconic electric vehicle brand, and we intend to honour and carry forward its proud heritage of creating cutting-edge, innovative transport technologies,” Lam continued. “We will come to the market with a range of exciting vehicles that will deliver thrilling pure electric performance with zero emissions. Our production base and new regional and global headquarters will give us the international reach we need to fast-track our growth. We have a fantastic, growing team of people, as well as the resources and expertise necessary to succeed in a competitive market.”

To safeguard its sustainable growth, Detroit Electric employs an ‘asset light’business model, similar to brands such as Apple and Nike, focusing investment on R&D and marketing. Lam, brings to Detroit Electric various operational disciplines from his time heading up technology and innovation-driven businesses in Asia, including Apple and Sun Microsystems.