The Lightning Car Company was a British sports car developer, originally based in Fulham and Peterborough, the company relocated to Coventry and was focused on the development and production of high performance electric sports cars.
The company was dissolved in December 2023.[1]
Lightning GT
The firm's first product, the eponymous Lightning GT, was unveiled in 2008 where it won Car of The Show at the last Excel London Motor Show.[2][3] It was loosely based on an extant internal-combustion vehicle from Ronart Cars. It incorporated quick-charging lithium-titanate batteries from Altairnano into a body made from carbon fiber. The Lightning GT employed