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British engineering consultancy Delta Motorsports has launched its Delta E-4 Coupé, a battery-electric two-door coupe with a range of 320 km on a single charge. Not that the car isn’t quick – it has a 0-100 kph time of under five seconds.
Built from the ground up, the E-4 – officially unveiled at Silverstone – features a carbon composite chassis, designed by Delta and manufactured by KS Composites, that weighs just 85 kg, which is two-thirds less than a comparable steel structure despite being designed to pass EU crash tests.
It’s powered by high performance direct-drive electric motors designed in partnership with Oxford University and its spin-out, Oxford YASA Motors. These produce over 120 hp each and well over 600 Nm of torque, while only weighing 23 kg. The batteries are mounted under the floor to help reduce aerodynamic drag.
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Delta Motorsports, which was founded in 2005 by Simon Dowson and Nick Carpenter, has been working on the E-4 since 2007. Development of the prototype was supported by a grant for research and development by EMDA, an East Midlands regional development agency. A further five vehicles have been produced for the UK’s Technology Strategy Board’s Ultra Low Carbon Vehicle Demonstrator Program.
The E-4 Coupe will be taking part in this year’s RAC Future Car Challenge, which takes place in November.
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wow..! proves a great future is ahead for the ev… previous brunt was the limited range of the ev… guess this sets the benchmark.
looking forward to the future… :P
eeewww…..what an ugly car
sounds good!..certainly much better than the other electric cars that’s around..but isn’t there a hint of lotus evora if you looked at it from the front?
hermm kinda lotus evora look alike doesnt it?
looks likes mclaren f1 at the front !
lightweight, carbon fibre, 2-door etc..that’s good, but.the real challenge of course is to bring it to the ordinary joe, family man, 4-doors, groceries, safety considerations, range etc..and at a price he can afford.
nice car, but why is the back chopped off like that
An ordinary joe, family man does not drive a Coupe with carbon fibre that does 0 to 100km/h in 5 sec to go to Tesco.
i said the challenge is to bring the technology to the masses. if the desire is there, i am sure many carmakers can bring these trick specials out, but at what price?
Technology of composite materials, batteries, controllers and electric motors have always been there dude. Its trying to get people to buy it in droves; that’s the question. Then its the legislation. Get those to buy the idea first. If you aim for grocery shopping punters, forget about it. They will NEVER buy; at least not in my lifetime, They’ll buy something like a Nissan Leaf. Only enthusiasts buy these.
wow! awesome 600NM torque
as long as it is an EV, i like it…