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Britain’s first green supercar accelerates quicker than the Lamborghini Murcielago and is faster than a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. The ‘Beast of Stroud’ prototype aims to prove that green cars can be practical as well as fast. After two years of some arduous development, Britain’s new electric car was unveiled to the public this week. The general opinion of electric cars is that they are unreliable, slow and basically not very cool; however the ‘Beast of Stroud’ aims to prove the petrol heads wrong.

Technically, the ‘Beast of Stroud’ has been dubbed better than the American Telsa Roadster. The British prototype can go 0-100 in 8.5 seconds and 170mph on the flat, and boasts a hefty 330 horsepower. So far the car has been clocked at 135mph. If you’re thinking about lease cars,the car prices at a staggering £750,000. Better get saving! However this particular model will not be put into production. The engineers are planning to produce a Mark 2 which will be even faster and in which they re-produce.

The story of the production of the Nemesis, the vehicle’s proper name, is quite remarkable. It was created by engineers who had previously worked on F1 cars, DeLoreans, Lotuses and other sports cars. The development of the Nemesis began when they bought a second-hand 20,000 miles clocked Lotus Exige from eBay. The engineers then went to work on the vehicle in a shed in Norfolk. After the petrol engine was removed the car was connected to 96 lithium-ion polymer batteries. Two brushless motors were then installed as well as a brand new chassis. They ripped out the interior and put in new top of the range car accessories; not so much a smelly Christmas tree and some cheap car mats! They also lowered the car’s centre of gravity and go rid off the Lotus ducts and bumps.

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