Gordon Murray, designer of the famous supercar the F1 McLaren has decided to team his design company up with Zytek Automotive to try and come up with the world’s best electric car. Although very little is known about either the car’s design or the manufacturing process it is said to be a radically new concept in that is a complete solution for the problems of producing electric cars from the building stages to the driving stages.
Currently what is known about the new car is that it will be smaller than a Smart Car, but with more cabin space and is at present known as the T.27. Development costs, half of which will be provided by the government’s Technology Strategy Board are estimated to be in the region of £9 million and the first T.27 prototypes are expected to roll out in early 2011.
Gordon Murray is still to show off his new iStream manufacturing process but it is believed that it will not incorporate traditional processes such as use of stamped steel in the building of the T.27 or traditional gearboxes, batteries or electric motors. Everything about the new T.27 is expected to be geared towards lightweight efficiency.
Initial math says that the T.27 should run considerably better than any other electric cars currently being manufactured. Gordon Murray Design says that it has been able to run the figures from their current T.25 project designing more efficient petrol-powered vehicles. It is hoped that the T.27 will live up to the promises of being reliable, efficient and fun to get around in and will go into full scale production in the near future within the U.K.
