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Kchrpm
September 18th, 2015, 11:31 AM
http://www.autoblog.com/2015/09/18/battery-show-2015-genovation-gxe-corvette-ev-designed-for-the/

http://www.blogcdn.com/slideshows/images/slides/362/830/5/S3628305/slug/l/genovation-gxe-corvette-ev-12-1.jpg

The stats are all just projections so far, but they're damn nice projections.


The Genovation GXE Corvette can go from 0-60 miles per hour in three seconds and has a top speed of 200 mph. The powertrain was designed and built in the US, and offers over 700 horsepower and over 600 pound-feet or torque. With a near 50/50 weight distribution, this is "a real driver's car," Genovation CEO Andrew Saul told AutoblogGreen.

Saul said that the GXE was designed to do two hard laps at Nurburgring thanks to a 44-kWh battery pack uses the same sort of cylindrical 18650 cells that you can find in a Tesla. That translates to about 40-50 miles of fast, on-road driving, Saul said, or 150 miles on the New York City test cycle. That particular test, "simulates low speed urban driving with frequent stops," according to DieselNet. The car also has a 6-kW charger and a six-speed manual transmission and the adjustable regenerative braking levels can be controlled by paddles on the steering wheel.

LHutton
September 19th, 2015, 04:05 AM
Interesting, now if only they'll do RHD models.