Caterham is out to show that electrical automobiles do not should be heavier than their gas-powered counterparts with a sultry electrical sports activities automotive code-named Venture V.

Caterham is finest identified for its light-weight observe automobiles primarily based on the unique Lotus Seven design. The corporate’s ethos is driver centered, light-weight, and enjoyable to drive, and that’s very a lot the objective for the Venture V.

The automotive is at present in growth with a focused weight of lower than 2,624 kilos. Compared, the Lotus Evija hypercar, one of many lightest EVs in manufacturing, weighs greater than 3,700 kilos, though it additionally has a record-breaking output of two,011 hp.

Confirmed specs for the Venture V embrace a 268-hp electrical motor on the rear axle and a 55-kwh battery within the flooring. The mixture, in response to Caterham, is sweet for 0-62 mph acceleration in lower than 4.5 seconds, a high pace of 143 mph, and a spread of 249 miles on the beneficiant WLTP check cycle used abroad. It ought to nonetheless are available in at greater than 200 miles when measured on the EPA cycle. Utilizing a DC quick charger, the battery might be charged from 20-80% in about quarter-hour.

The comparatively small battery helps preserve the load down, as does a carbon-fiber monocoque and a composite physique within the model of a coupe. The physique was penned by Caterham’s new design chief, Anthony Jannarelly, the designer behind the equally sultry Jannarelly Design-1 sports activities automotive.

The Venture V options double-wishbone suspension with adjustable geometry at each ends, plus electrical energy steering, Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires (19-inch entrance and 20-inch rear), and a high-performance brake bundle.

For the inside, nearly each merchandise was chosen on the idea that it wanted to take care of lightness and optimize driver engagement. The result’s a pared-back design with a 2+1 seating association as customary and a pair of+2 out there.

Caterham Venture V

Caterham Venture V

Caterham Venture V

The Venture V is slated to reach by late 2025 or early the next 12 months, and Caterham has already introduced a focused value of lower than 80,000 British kilos (roughly $103,650).

The corporate will current the automotive at this week’s 2023 Goodwood Pageant of Velocity within the U.Okay., the place it’s going to additionally present a pair of electrical Seven prototypes. Caterham has beforehand mentioned an electrical Seven will solely attain manufacturing after the Venture V. A part of the reason being that present EV know-how remains to be too heavy for a automotive just like the Seven, in response to the corporate.

“We’re honored to have the ability to unveil two new automobiles from Caterham at Goodwood Pageant of Velocity,” Kazuho Takahashi, CEO of Caterham dad or mum firm VT Holdings, mentioned in an announcement. “The brand new fashions are a results of an uncompromising fusion of two seemingly contradictory necessities: retaining the Caterham values that mustn’t ever change, whereas evolving to fulfill the altering calls for of consumers, such because the shift in direction of electrical.”