Engineering:DeLorean Alpha5

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Short description: Upcoming battery electric sports car

DeLorean Alpha5
Overview
ManufacturerDeLorean Motor Company
DesignerDario Lauriola of Italdesign[1]
Body and chassis
ClassSports car
Body styleGrand Touring Coupe
DoorsGull-wing doors
Powertrain
Electric motorAWD electric
Battery100 kWh
Range300 miles (480 km)
Chronology
PredecessorDMC DeLorean (spiritual)

The DeLorean Alpha5 is a concept battery electric sports car designed by Italdesign Giugiaro for the American DeLorean Motor Company. It will go from 0 to 60 mph (0 to 97 km/h) in 2.99 seconds, 0 to 88 mph (0 to 142 km/h) in an estimated 4.35 seconds and have a projected top speed of 155 mph (249 km/h).[2]

Overview

The Alpha5 was unveiled on May 29, 2022.[3][4] The Alpha5 harkens back to its spiritual predecessor with its louvered rear window and gull-wing doors.[5] It was designed by Italdesign. It offers a full-width light strip on the back, and the DeLorean logo is also illuminated.[6]

While no DeLorean factory has been publicly announced, the company stated that only 9,531 of the Alpha5 could be made, one more than DMC built of the original DeLorean.[7] CNET estimated a price around $125,000,[8] however, the company did not announce any price indication. The first concept car was revealed on August 29, 2022[7] at Pebble Beach, California during Car Week. However in March 2023, the production estimate was reduced by half to about 4,000 units.[9]

In 2024, DeLorean Motors Reimagined, closed their headquarters in San Antonio. DeLorean raised over $3 million in NFT deposits for the Alpha5 however depositors raised concerns that DeLorean repeatedly failed to launch an exchange where customers could buy and sell their NFT’s.[10]

Italdesign, who is seeking payment from DeLorean Motor Company, received a judgement in its favor from an international arbitration court in 2025 and subsequently filed a complaint in US District Court to enforce a $4.6 million judgement against DeLorean Motor Company for failing to pay for work to design the Alpha5.[11]

In media

The Alpha5 was teased with a 15-second commercial during Super Bowl LVI in February 2022.[12][13]

The Alpha5 made a brief appearance in the 2023 film Fast X, driven by Cipher played by Charlize Theron.[14]

References

  1. ↑ Muchai, Bryan (17 July 2022). "8 Things We Just Found Out About The DeLorean Alpha5 Concept". https://www.hotcars.com/things-we-learned-about-delorean-alpha5-concept/. 
  2. ↑ McCaffrey, Ryan (May 30, 2022). "DeLorean EV Revealed – and It's a 4-Seater" (in en). https://www.ign.com/articles/delorean-ev-revealed-back-to-the-future. 
  3. ↑ Adrian Padeanu (May 30, 2022). "DeLorean Alpha5 Revealed As Electric Coupe With 300 Miles Of Range". Motor1.com. https://www.motor1.com/news/588808/delorean-alpha5-reveal-specs-photos/. 
  4. ↑ Dan Mihalascu (May 30, 2022). "DeLorean Alpha5 Electric GT Takes Revived Brand To The Future". InsideEVs. https://insideevs.com/news/588851/delorean-alpha5-electric-gt-takes-revived-brand-to-future/. 
  5. ↑ Paul-Emile (April 5, 2022). "DeLorean électrique : la star commence à se dévoiler". https://abcmoteur.fr/actualites/delorean-electrique-la-star-commence-a-se-devoiler/. 
  6. ↑ "DeLorean EVolved : elle sera présentée le 31 mai 2022" (in fr-FR). May 11, 2022. https://www.autoplus.fr/delorean/delorean-evolved-sera-presentee-31-mai-2022-577540.html. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Valdes-Dapena, Peter (August 29, 2022). "DeLorean's new car looks nothing like the one you remember. Here's why". https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/29/business/delorean-history/index.html. 
  8. ↑ Cooley, Brian. "Taking You Hands-On With the New DeLorean Alpha5 EV" (in en). https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/new-delorean-unveiled-and-heres-our-first-look/. 
  9. ↑ Vijayenthiran, Viknesh (March 1, 2023). "DeLorean cuts Alpha5 electric car's production by more than half". https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1135201_delorean-cuts-alpha5-electric-car-s-production-by-more-than-half. 
  10. ↑ Karlis, Michael (April 22, 2024). "San Antonio-based DeLorean Motors Reimagined has shuttered its headquarters". https://www.sacurrent.com/news/san-antonio-based-delorean-motors-reimagined-has-shuttered-its-headquarters-34358663/. 
  11. ↑ "MSN". https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/enthusiasts/delorean-faces-4-6m-judgment-over-alpha5-the-ev-pitched-by-san-antonio-firm/ar-AA1U8e2Q. 
  12. ↑ DaSilva, Amber (May 31, 2022). "DeLorean Revealed Its Alpha5 Concept With Gullwing Doors". https://www.jalopnik.com/delorean-revealed-its-alpha5-concept-with-gullwing-door-1848995286/. 
  13. ↑ Karlis, Michael (October 4, 2023). "Scaled-back launch plan, company silence raise concerns over San Antonio startup DeLorean". https://www.sacurrent.com/news/scaled-back-launch-plan-company-silence-raise-concerns-over-san-antonio-startup-delorean-32779839/. 
  14. ↑ O'Rourke, Ryan (May 15, 2023). "How 'Fast X' Pulled Off Having a Prototype DeLorean". https://collider.com/fast-x-delorean-prototype-director-louis-leterrier-comments/. 

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