A millionaire is cruising the streets in an electric sports car subsidised by the government

The founder of the company Ecotricity, Dale Vince, paid €1,178,061 to a team of engineers to transform a used Lotus Exige into an electric car.

And there would be no problem if it weren’t for the fact that the sports car called “Nemesis” was subsidised by 40% (€471,225) by the British government. For that reason, taxpayers organised a campaign to prevent the millionaire from cruising around in the 330-horsepower electric sports car.

Vince mentions that the developed technology, with its respective improvements, will be available to British citizens in the near future, yet the public is not happy.

On the other hand, the Nemesis is equipped with a variant of the Exige’s 1.8-litre engine, which is coupled to a new transmission system; furthermore, the car’s chassis was lengthened (90 mm) to properly accommodate the batteries.

This electric sports car can accelerate from 0-100 km/h in 8.5 seconds and reach a top speed of 217 km/h, although the company expects to exceed 224 km/h very soon.

Another interesting detail is that the car can fully recharge its batteries in just two hours with a fast charger, and in 8 to 9 hours when using a standard power socket.

Via | Carscoop