Below is a question and answers section kindly supplied by Chris Dell, the Managing Director of The Lightning Car Company.

Firstly, I would like to take this opportunity to thank your or your interest in our electric Lightning project – your comments and feedback are helping spur the entire Lightning team on to produce an incredible exciting car.

I am pleased to announce the Launch of our car at the London International Motor Show later this month. Please find attached flyer advertisement.

As you might expect, since we launched the new designs to the market and subsequently updated the website, we have been inundated with enquiries, which is why I am writing to you.

The queries you have are those shared by many others and as such, I have listed these below and where possible given you the answers as best I can at this stage of the project build. I hope you will find this satisfactory and appreciate that not everything is yet set in stone. With that in mind, here goes…

Q. What will the price of the electric Lightning be?
A. This will depend on the final specification of the vehicle. However we hope to be able to retail the car at around £150,000.

Q. When will it be available?
A. We anticipate commencing the build of customer cars in the first half of next year.

Q. Will it be available in other markets around the world?
A. We have had a tremendous amount of interest from around the world, from potential customers, investors and parties interested in building Lightning under license. As such, we anticipate that the car will be sold in a number of key markets across the globe.

Q. Will there be agent or dealership opportunities?
A. We have commenced initial dialogue with a number of interested parties regarding this point and are happy to share our thoughts on an individual market basis as appropriate.

Q. When will the car be unveiled to the public?
A. Following the decision to re-design the electric Lightning to better reflect the technologies incorporated in the vehicle, we will unveil the car later this year.

Q. Will a left hand drive model be available?
A. Yes

Q. How many seats does the car have?
A. 2, but watch this space!

Q. Are there hi-resolution images available of the car?
A. Yes, they can be found on the website within our press area.

Q. What options will be available on the car?
A. An outline options list is available on the website, although this is subject to alteration

Q. Are there employment opportunities at The Lightning Car Company?
A. We are happy to receive CV’s, and will contact individuals if we feel it appropriate to do so. All others will be placed on file for future reference.

Q. Do we need test drivers?
A. No, but thank you for the huge number of offers.

Again, I would like to thank you for contacting us and your support of the project – we look forward to keeping you in touch with progress over the coming months.

 A car described as being more powerful than a Porsche with a top speed of 130mph and the ability to race from 0-60mph in just four seconds sounds more like an environmental nightmare than a green car.

However, the Electric Lightning GT is very much an electric car as it emits no greenhouse gas emissions. However, it hardly fits the picture of traditional conventions that electrics are slow and clunky and can barely travel a few miles without needing to be recharged.

Instead, the Electric Lightning GT is very much a super car. A mere ten minutes of battery charging allows the driver to travel 200 miles and with regenerative braking, the battery gets a nice boost every time the car decelerates.

The vehicle is expected to break down barriers for green cars by appealing to motorists who don’t want to sacrifice high performance in order to drive in an eco-friendly manner. According to the Lightning Car Company, based in Peterborough, it is ten times cheaper to run than a typical petrol car and charging the batteries costs just 2.2p/mile compared to a 26.4p/mile cost for driving with a petrol engine.

The car is set to be unveiled at the British Motor Show later this month, but it has already attracted interest from a number of celebrities. The car will not go on sale until 2009, and then it will cost a whopping £120,000 – but if you have a £15,000 deposit now you can secure delivery.

Looking like a classic British sports cars, the Lightning GT electric car will be made from a similar material to Formula One cars. There are three versions of the sporty electric number planned. Due to be released in 2008, there will be a luxury model, a sports model and a version with extended range that could go upto 250 miles from a 10-minute charge. The price for one of these sexy motors is expected to be in the £150,000 range depending on model and extras – but if that sounds like a lot – don’t forget you won’t have to buy any petrol.