Hoovey689

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Great Scot! DMC announces all-electric DeLorean for 2013

Given the car's iconic classic/futuristic status, it's no surprise that the DeLorean DMC-12 is a popular car for DIY electric car conversions. That an honest-to-goodness official DeLorean EV is coming from Humble, Texas' reborn DeLorean Motor Company itself, though? That we did not see coming. It makes sense, though. If you're gonna build a time machine electric car, why not do it with some style?

Announced Friday night at the DMC Texas Open House, DMC said it plans to work with electric car startup Epic EV to get an all-electric DMC-12 into production by 2013. Epic is the company started by Aptera co-founder Chris Anthony that is working on the Torq and Amp vehicles (and some rather clever videos). Early reports say the Electric DeLorean will have a maximum speed of 125 miles per hour and offer 260 horsepower for something like $90,000-100,000. The gullwing doors should remain, but we're not sure where the motor will go (the original DeLorean used a rear-mounted engine), let alone the battery pack. This isn't the first time a DeLorean with an alternative powertrain has been talked about. Before his death in 2005, John DeLorean hinted that a hydraulic hybrid drivetrain might find a home in a relaunched DMC-12. That never happened, of course.

Specific technical details on the upcoming DeLorean Electric are sparse, but we're pretty sure it will be able to recharge its 1.21 gigawatt-hour battery instantly when connected to the right power source. You know, until the inevitable Mr. Fusion model gets the green light.

Get out your lightning rods and Sony Walkmans, this is going to be fun to watch.

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/10/17/d...to-the-future/

mmarshall

The original De Lorean, BTW, was built in Northern Ireland, not Scotland.



Old John would roll over in his grave. Remember, this is the guy who gave us the quintessial American muscle-car, the Pontiac GTO, in 1964.



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I8ABMR

The car is so dated, the name is so dated......... I'm not holding my breathe on this one. lol

sc-driver

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I think that was a reference to Back to the Future, the movie.

JessePS

The Doc got it wrong. We don't have flying cars yet

SaintNexus

I doubt it'll sell for $100k, price should be cut in half.

SCKmiecik

where were going we don't need roads! I wounder if it come with a flux capacitor?

Lexmex

If there's a demand...somebody is going to buy it.

JessePS

If I make some good money in the next 2 years, I would totally get one of these babies.

Jetfire

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Would love to have one just for the sheer Back to the Future nostalgia.

KillaIS250

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Oh i'm sure there are a good number of collectors that wouldn't mind having one

FrankReynoldsCPA

We still have 3 years

SoCalSC4

On the other hand, he equipped the Delorean with that garbage V6 with less than 150hp in US trim.

It ripped from 0-60 in a blistering 10.5 seconds!