The French company Exagon Motors introduced the race track Magny-Cours running prototype of its first model - the electric vehicle Furtive e-GT. As a test pilot, depicting the invited guests car in action, played Nicolas Prost, son of four world champion Formula 1 Alain Prost. The concept car was first shown at last year's motor show in Paris. Series coupe after the launch of a series will be offered in two versions - full power and with an additional internal combustion engine, which will be used solely to recharge the battery the car on the road. The first of these modifications will receive two electric motors with total capacity of Siemens 340 horsepower (480 lb) and a set of lithium-ion battery capacity of 50 kilowatt-hours that could last for up to 10 years to withstand up to 3000 cycles of "charge-discharge." Cruising range electric vehicle, depending on the operating conditions range from 197 to 402 kilometers. The internal combustion engine of a small amount will increase the range of travel without refueling to 807 kilometers. As previously reported, from zero to hundred kilometers per hour the novelty can accelerate in 3.5 seconds and top speed on the track Furtive e-GT is 287 kilometers per hour. For public roads, "max speed" will be electronically limited to 250 kilometers per hour. Running a French electric vehicle in the series is scheduled for next year. The production of one of the competitors Furtive eGT - American hybrid Fisker Karma - began in March this year at the company Valmet factory in Finland. This car also has two electric motors (their total capacity - 403 horsepower) and an internal combustion engine to recharge the batteries on the road. In contrast to the model Exagon «Fisker" can drive on electric only 80 kilometers, and its total reserve of less than 480 kilometers.
