Nemesis (car)

The Nemesis is a Lotus Exige modified by the British company Ecotricity. The project took two years and involved a team of Formula 1 engineers. The vehicle cost £750,000 to develop, of which £350,000 was contributed by Ecotricity director Dale Vince. Vince stated that the car was meant to "smash the boring, Noddy stereotype of the green car".

Design

The Nemesis used the chassis of a Lotus Exige. The petrol engine was removed and replaced with two electric motors, and a new transmission. The air ducts were removed as they are not needed for electric propulsion. The car has a range of on a charge from a 36 kW⋅h battery. All the electricity the car used came from wind power produced by Ecotricity. The car had a hypothetical top speed of and reached in 8.5 seconds.

Speed record

In September 2012 the Nemesis recorded a top speed of at Elvington Airfield in North Yorkshire, breaking the previous UK electric vehicle speed record of .

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