Electric GreenGT LeMans design study

Penned by French designer Thomas Clavet, the GreenGT design study seeks to revolutionize motorsports, and LeMans in particular, with an FIA-certified electric racing car.

The GreenGT racer is comprised of a carbon-fiber chassis and a fiberglass body. The car is supposed to have a pair of 100 kW water-cooled electric motors mated to a proprietary gearbox, sending power to the magnesium OZ wheels shod in race-spec slicks.

According to the GreenGT, the closed-cockpit racer will churn out between 350 and 450 hp and a pavement punishing 1475 lb-ft of torque up to 100 mph, then reduced to 590 lb-ft to aid high-speed traction. According to the company, the 1895-pound would reach 60 mph in under four seconds and on to a top speed of 171 mph. Power is supposedly funneled to a duo of lithium-ion batteries through a set of solar panels, and in addition to bringing two GreenGTs to LeMans in 2011, the firm plans to produce 22 road-going models within the next three years.

 

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