GreenGT Design Concept: the Future Le Mans Electric Racer

Many motorsport purists think that an electric vehicle may not be fit for the Le Mans race, but the Swiss designers from GreenGT would like to change that. GreenGT is a design study for an electric racer that is aiming to take part in the 24-hour Le Mans race in 2011. Based on a FIA-spec carbon chassis with a fiberglass body, the GreenGT features 2 water-cooled 100 kW electric motors that have been mated to a patented differential gearbox. With power coming from flexcell photovoltaic solar panels and two 30kW lithium-ion batteries, this electric supercar outputs between 350 and 400 hp and a whopping 2,000 Nm of torque. That electric muscle pushes the GreenGT to 62mph in under 4 seconds on its way to a max speed of 171 mph.  Wow. [via Autoblog]