DeLorean DMC-12 to have electric version by 2013
DMC or DeLorean Motor Company based in Texas recently confirmed that they are working on the stainless steel sports car DMC-12 all electric version. The company is collaborating with Epic EV for the production of the DMC-12 electric vehicle by 2013.
The DMC-12 electric variant prototypes are claimed to go as fast 125 miles an hour. The electric DMC-12 will have a tag price of $90,000 thru $100,000 when it is launched in 2013. This information was shared during the unwrapping of the gull-winged vehicle at the owners event recently. If you are starting at the car’s picture and it looks familiar, its because the car was the star of the 1980s film trilogy Back to the Future.
Stephen Wynne, owner of DMC also revealed that the DMC has been trying to develop in the last four years an electric vehicle that has an output of 260 horsepower.
The first carrier of the DeLorean Motor name was a company founded by John DeLorean who used to be an executive of General Motors in 1975. This company though only produced the DMC-12 and has been through rough times until it went thru receivership and then bankruptcy by 1982. DeLorean in a desperate attempt to keep the car company afloat, he was videotaped to be accepting money for drug trafficking. Later he was acquitted of these charges since this was brought against him thru entrapment. DeLorean passed away in 2005.
The DMC of today is a separate firm started by Wynne back in 1995. DMC also bought the remaining inventory and DMC’s trademark. It has nothing to do with the old DMC but is in support of the old DeLorean car company.
Epic EV on the other hand is owned by Chris Anthony, co-founder of Aptera, who spearheads the development of Amp and Torq vehicles.