Sigma Motorworks creates electric sportscar based on Ford Mustang
We've caught wind of yet another hopeful American automaker with plans to launch a new electric sportscar in 2010. According to Matias Gorfinkiel, head of operations at Sigma Motorworks, "[The Sigma GTE] is a test bed for a commercial high performance sports model we will bring to the market by early 2010, when we expect to sell 500 cars."Major components like the front and rear differentials are sourced from Ford, and the GTE's entire cockpit was yanked from an older Mustang. Twin DC electric motors offer up about 100 horsepower each and provide all-wheel drive. A lithium ion battery puts out 144 volts and is said to provide up to 100 miles of range. With a claimed top speed of around 145 mph, Steve Kase, head of development at Sigma Motorworks, says the GTE will be one of the fastest electric cars in the world.
That would be true, assuming the GTE ever makes it into production, which is an awfully big assumption. Automakers like Tesla Motors have shown just how difficult it is to enter the established auto market, even with vehicles as highly desirable as the Roadster and the new Model S -- not mention fistfuls of cash. Of course, we wish them nothing but the best of luck. They're going to need it.
Gallery: Sigma Motorworks GTE
[Source: Sigma Motorworks]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
kingtaz0 6:05PM (4/01/2009)
"Sigma Motorworks creates electric sportscar based on Ford Mustang"..
I'm sorry.
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why not the LS2LS7? 6:09PM (4/01/2009)
Seriously, anyone can make an electric car with 100 miles range. Most of us on this board could do it. They're called electric conversions and quite easy to make, from a kit or even if you have some brains, from scratch.
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Farris 6:16PM (4/01/2009)
I agree, LS2LS7, but you have to remember that there are a ton of people out there that would like an EV, but are incredibly lazy.
Randy 3:29PM (4/02/2009)
"most of us on this board could do it"
Yeah, but could we do it while paying ourselves extreme amounts of cash so that just in case the company goes belly up we made some coin?
My bad, of course we could! ;)
EP 6:25PM (4/01/2009)
Supercar, Older Mustang Interior, Twin 100 horsepower motors (200 hp total?)
...something isn't adding up here
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gbernardi 7:54PM (4/01/2009)
I don't see "supercar" anywhere in the article...
some1 6:25PM (4/01/2009)
Looks alot like the Factory Five GTM... infact the name sounds close GTE vs GTM
I hope the guys over at factory five racing see this...
http://www.factoryfive.com/gtmhome.html
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some1 6:27PM (4/01/2009)
for someone to say they are coming out with a "new" supercar, and to base it on a pre-existing kit, thats kinda misleading.
theres no way this isnt the GTM kit, and if it isnt, then they copied the bodywork like the china would.
Jeff 10:39PM (4/01/2009)
I don't believe it is actually the GTM kit, but it's pretty damn similar. Certainly "inspired" by the GTM.
I'm really digging the new, lightweight doorless design.
The interior photos are of a box-stock red Ford Mustang, which is most likely the donor car.
Oh wait, it's still April 1. Never mind.
abbas350 4:05AM (4/02/2009)
looks like something i could pick up in liberty city
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vlad 5:32AM (4/02/2009)
If it is not an actual Factory Five GTM kit grafted onto a last gen Mustang, then they copied it in great detail, even down to the bump by the windshield for the wiper.
They did obviously get rid of all the vents and indentations of the original GTM, but one would be hard pressed not to find the resemblance as something more than a resemblance.
The announcements came out a few days ago actually.
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thattalldude 7:49PM (4/02/2009)
It looks like somebody drug a Mustang through the Corvette design shop and beat it with an ugly stick.
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