Former Formula 1 designer unveils new electric car

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Former Formula One McLaren designer Gordon Murray has unveiled a new all-electric car.

The car model, which is known as the T.27, is due to be developed over the course of the next 16 months with four prototypes. The process that will be used during the course of the manufacturing of the vehicle is called iStream. The technology iStream had been invented by Gordon Murray in 1999 and means that all the parts are designed using a computer.

The project has approximately received £9,000,000 (US$14,919,000) in investment. The electric car is designed for urban purposes, such as in cities or towns. The weight of the vehicle is just 600 kilograms. It has the ability to travel at speeds of up to 60 miles per hour and can go for a maximum of 100 miles between recharges.

The designer thinks that motorists will some day be travelling in vehicles like this. Murray believes that the new car will be 'the most efficient electric vehicle on earth'.

Sources

• "Gordon Murray’s T27 Electric Car" – Cars UK, November 8, 2009
• "Could we soon be driving electric cars that look like this ?" – Daily Mail, November 5, 2009
• "F1 designer unveils electric car" – BBC News Online, November 5, 2009
  

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