Legendary DeLorean used in Back to the Future re-launched as electric vehicle

Daily Mail ^ | 19th October 2011 | Martin Robinson

[anymouse]

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Mr Wynne's DeLorean Motor Company (DMC) has teamed up with eco-experts Epic Electric for this newer model, taking a standard DMC12 model and ripping out the V6 petrol engine before fitting it with an electric powered version that produces the equivalent of 260bhp.

Once on the road it will accelerate from 0-60mph in just 4.9 seconds.

Mr Wynne said he 'got the idea for the battery-powered DeLorean after seeing the success of the Tesla Roadster, and think it would be a fitting tribute to the movie version of the car which famously needed 1.21 gigawatts of electricity to travel through time.'

Its 'Flux Power' battery takes 3.5 hours to charge with DMC claiming it will be able to travel around 100 miles.

And in a nod to the classic films starring Michael J Fox, the vehicle's interior has a docking station for the driver to connect their iPhone and Flux Capacitor app.

Electricity is supplied to the car through a charging port concealed behind the grille on the front.

The DMC EV will use 80 per cent of the DeLorean's original parts and will be flying off forecourts in 2013 - two years before the setting of Back to the Future II.

Inside, there are leather seats, a sat-nav and a sporty steering wheel and it is expected to have a price-tag of around £65,000.

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[Erasmus]

I pronounce it like “Jigawatts” for, I guess, two reasons:

1. The root “Giga” is the same as for “Giant,” “Gigantic,” and “Gynormous.” (OK, I was kidding on that last one.)

2. It gives heart palpitations to the occasional oh-so-racially-sensitive soul.