Engineering:DeLorean Alpha5
| DeLorean Alpha5 | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Italdesign Giugiaro in contract with DeLorean Motor Company |
| Production | 2024 (to commence; 9,531 units)[1] |
| Assembly | Turin, Italy (Italdesign Giugiaro) |
| Designer | Dario Lauriola[2] (Italdesign) |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Sports car |
| Body style | 2-door 2+2 coupe |
| Doors | Gull-wing doors |
| Powertrain | |
| Battery | 100 kWh |
| Range | 300 miles (480 km) |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | DMC DeLorean (spiritual) |
The DeLorean Alpha5 is an upcoming battery electric sports car produced 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).[3]
Overview
The Alpha5 was revealed on May 29, 2022.[4][5]
The Alpha5 harkens back to its predecessor with its louvered rear window and gullwing doors.[6] It is designed by Italdesign. It offers a full-width light strip on the back, and the DeLorean logo is also illuminated.[7] While no DeLorean factory has been selected, the company announced that only 9,531 of the Alpha5 will be made, just one more than DMC built of the original DeLorean[1] however in March 2023, the production estimated was reduced by half to about 4,000 units.[8] CNET estimates a price around $125,000.[9] The first concept car was revealed on August 29, 2022.[1] The company expects those cars to be in production some time in 2024.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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.
- ↑ 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/.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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/.
- ↑ 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/.
- ↑ 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/.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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/.
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