We thought the Citroën Survolt Concept was pretty cool when it appeared at the Geneva Motor Show. We think it’s much, much cooler now, though. Why? Perhaps because the crazy French automaker has seen fit to make the all-electric machine into a real race car that will hit the track at the Le Mans Classic on 10th July 2010.
The electric racecar sports a full tube frame with a carbon fiber body and a completely flat underbody… which is all well and good, but the real news comes from the powertrain. Dual electric motors push out 300bhp from zero to 5,000 RPM. But it’s the torque of electric motors that really impresses, and the Survolt reportedly has enough of it to dispatch the run to 100kmh in under five seconds.
Power comes from two lithium ion battery packs that weigh in at over 130kg each and offer 31kW of energy storage. The Citroën Survolt can manage almost 200km per charge, which can be performed in two hours with a specific charger or in 10 hours using a normal 220V outlet.
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