Citroen has revealed information and a teaser video of the electric concept Survolt ahead of the car’s debut at the Le Mans Classic on July 10th.
The car is motivated by two electric motors powered by twin 31kW lithium-ion batteries that produce a combined 300hp. This propels the electric sports car to the century mark in less than five seconds and goes on to reach a top speed of 260km/h. Driving range for this car will be 200 kilometres on a single charge while the batteries can either be replenished using a standard 220 volt outlet in 10 hours or with a rapid charger in 2 hours.
A car that combines economical driving and sporting performance, the car features a tubular chassis, flat underside with an extractor and full carbon bodywork. This gives the Survolt a kerb weight of just 1.15 tonnes and compact dimensions of 3.85m long, 1.87m wide and 1.2m high.
Jacob Mathew Alexander has been a motoring nut for as far as he can remember and has recently turned his passion into writing. After spending some time in the same industry in the UK, Jacob's handy work is from a slightly different perspective.
Wow, that’s silent. Relatively speaking.
But it’s all well and fun until the world runs out of lithium.
Its not just silent, its stealth.
And lithium is recyclable.
Yes, lithium is recyclable but there’s currently only 1 company in the world that’s able to do it. I think Sumitomo has developed tech to recycle lithium but not sure if it’s commercialized yet.
Sorry, Friday nite… brain freeze…. only 2 co. in the world.
Did some reading… Toxco is the only company that recycles lithium. Sony has been recycling rechargeable batteries for a while but lithium’s never recovered. However they’ve teamed up with Sumitomo to develop a lithium recovery method. Unless more lithium is discovered or recycled at a faster pace, it could end up like fossil fuel.
Do correct me if I’m mistaken.
it sounds like ERL .