Have you ever heard of Lightning Motor Company? If you haven’t, let me give you a little history. Lightning is a British company working to bring to market a high-performance GT sports car. They have followed Tesla’s business plan for bringing electric vehicles to market very similarly; produce an expensive, high-end sports car first and then follow with other models later.
Before now though, we never were sure of the company’s exact intention for the future though. With a name like Lightning, you might think they intended to remain a sports car-only company. Not so!
While the actual car hasn’t gone into production, in many ways they have moved at a quicker pace than Tesla. Tesla has been around for a few years and seen quite a few delays. It remains to see if Lightning will do the same, but regardless the Lightning GT as a product is much more impressive then the Roadster in looks and appointments, etc. It really is a true British GT that just also happens to be electric. What an impressive thing to be able to pull off!
Lightning’s Chairman says the GT is just the beginning; future models he is planning for the company include ” a limo-sized model” that is high-end and “…chauffeur-driven”. Other possibilities are for a SUV and a smaller sports car, he says. It seems as if a sedan is the next step for the company, much like Tesla. Tesla definitely has a head-start for now, but if I were them I’d be watching Lightning closely. The Lightning GT is very impressive to say the least!
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