The DeLorean Motor Company has finally revealed its next DeLorean EV, an all-new version of the iconic stainless-steel-clad, gull-wing-doored sports vehicle featured in the Back to the Future film series and first revealed in February (we told you about it here).
The first lucky spectators of this new rebirth were the users who had registered for early access on Official site of the company. The full “public” reveal will happen tomorrow (May 31) at 21pm PT (i.e. 00am EDT on June 00), while the first “public release” of the DeLorean EV will be at the famous Pebble Beach car show on August 00 .
The new electric DMC takes the concept of the “Medusa” sedan that the original DeLorean Motor Company began development on before going bankrupt in 1982. Although the Medusa, officially known internally as the DMC-24, was supposed to have four independent wing doors gull, the DeLorean EV will only have two, but they will expose both rows of seats.
Roads? Where are we going... no, I'm joking. This DeLorean EV still needs roads
Any data on the new DeLorean EV? 100 kWh battery pack that should provide a range of around 480 kilometers (300 miles) and power a dual-motor and all-wheel drive setup. From 0 to 100km per hour (60 mph) in 2,99 seconds, maximum speed of 250km per hour (155 mph). The price makes you exclaim “Great Jupiter!”, it will be around 175.000 euros. And it is the base model, also known as Alpha5.
In short: the revived DeLorean has resumed the relationship with Giorgetto Giugiaro's ItalDesign (and it shows: it is very pleasant, I am not saying it out of parochialism). After all, Giugiaro also designed the original one!
The "old" DMC made history with interesting solutions, even the stainless steel exterior (now taken from Elon Musk's Cybertruck). It would have continued to impress with a 250HP version already planned, but it didn't survive long enough to enjoy its consecration in Robert Zemeckis' film.
Will the new edition be able to have a similar success? Maybe to appear in a (lucky, I hope) sequel to the famous trilogy? We will see.
