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The all-electric Lightning GT sports car might have just had its formal debut yesterday, but that doesn’t mean prototypes haven’t been tooling around for a while — check out this video of the swoopy two-door doing the track thing in ultra-dramatic slow-mo. Of course, there’s no sound, so there could totally be a nasty 5.0L Windsor V8 block under that hood, but we’ll give ‘em the benefit of the doubt for now. Video at the read link — and be honest, is this thing enough to sway your feelings from the Tesla Roadster or the Fisker Karma?

[Via Autoblog Green]

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Well, would you have a look at that. That, dear friends, is Lightning’s immaculate GT — a £120,000 ($239,400) motorcar that is just one of two vehicles in the world to rely on lithium-titanate battery technology. Said innovation enables the vehicle to go from dead to fully charged in “just minutes,” though you will have to find a location that provides three-phase industrial power in order to see the benefits over traditional Li-ion cells. The firm’s Chris Dell asserts that the nearly exclusive quick charge tech more than justifies the exorbitant price tag, and he’s even looking to UK-based businesses to hopefully strike a deal in which motorists can swing by, juice up and be on their way while traveling. Anxious to take delivery? Looks like you’ll be waiting until sometime next year.

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