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Written by Stephen Dobie
When electric cars first arrived in the mainstream, they were mostly unpleasant looking things, and the target of poor milk float analogies. Now, the definition of an electric car appears to be an overtly sleek saloon with a two-point-odd 0-60 time.Well, it does if you"re Tesla, Faraday and now Elextra. Called merely Elextra", this Swiss-designed, German-made four-door looks quite spectacular. Just look at the jet fighter-esque arrow rear wing, melted almost seamlessly over the bodywork.Then there"s the hilariously out of proportion front and rear doors, and the almost hidden front headlights. If you"re anything like us, you"ll have idly sketched cars exactly like this on the back of your exercise book in dull maths lessons.Let"s hope its designers were actually paying attention in their maths lessons, though, for numbers are key in a car like this. The headline figures are its 2.3-second 0-62mph time, making it marginally if not relevantly quicker than the Faraday and Tesla, which have had their own accelerative contest in recent months.
Date written: 16 May 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 7795
When electric cars first arrived in the mainstream, they were mostly unpleasant looking things, and the target of poor milk float analogies. Now, the definition of an electric car appears to be an overtly sleek saloon with a two-point-odd 0-60 time.Well, it does if you"re Tesla, Faraday and now Elextra. Called merely Elextra", this Swiss-designed, German-made four-door looks quite spectacular. Just look at the jet fighter-esque arrow rear wing, melted almost seamlessly over the bodywork.Then there"s the hilariously out of proportion front and rear doors, and the almost hidden front headlights. If you"re anything like us, you"ll have idly sketched cars exactly like this on the back of your exercise book in dull maths lessons.Let"s hope its designers were actually paying attention in their maths lessons, though, for numbers are key in a car like this. The headline figures are its 2.3-second 0-62mph time, making it marginally if not relevantly quicker than the Faraday and Tesla, which have had their own accelerative contest in recent months.
Date written: 16 May 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 7795
