private industry automotive founded 18 january 2007 headquarters coventry united kingdom products cars owner iain sanderson 96 % website lightningcarcompany.co.uk the lightning car company is a british sports car developer originally based in fulham and peterborough the company relocated to coventry and is focused on the development and production of high performance electric sports cars . contents 1 lightning gt 2 see also 3 notes 4 external links lightning gt edit the firm s first product the eponymous lightning gt was unveiled in 2008 where it won car of the show at the last excel london motor show . . 1 2 it is loosely based on an extant internal combustion vehicle from ronart cars . it incorporates quick charging lithium titanate batteries from altairnano into a body made from carbon fibre . the lightning gt employs rear wheel drive from two synchronous motors to accelerate to 60 miles per hour 97 km h in less than 4 seconds and has an expected usable range of 150 miles 240 km 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 . see also edit list of production battery electric vehicles list of electric cars currently available notes edit dailytech.com march 10 2008 . dailytech.com . retrieved 2010 11 27 . cockcroft lucy 10 july 2008 . the telegraph july 10 2008 . telegraph.co.uk . retrieved 2010 11 27 . 3 . green pioneers can i interest you in an electric supercar sunday times article 24 october 2010 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to lightning car company . official website v t e automotive industry in the united kingdom manufacturing in the united kingdom economy of the united kingdom companies and marques commercial vehicle producers current alexander dennis plaxton dennis eagle ibc 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