Dodge Circuit EV
As the spy shots our photographers snapped a few weeks ago previewed, Dodge has updated the front of its Lotus-based EV Concept car - and the automaker has given it a new, much more evocative name: Circuit. The new Dodge, presented with the automaker’s trademark crosshair face, also gets a new “Tangogreen” paint scheme.
It was just three months ago that Chrysler revealed a concept they called the Dodge EV: an electric plug-in based on the Lotus Europa. This “production-intent” prototype was driven, photographed and written about – but the yellow concept with black racing stripes didn’t quite carry over the Dodge styling cues.
Take a look at the EV’s front end and you will notice it is now sporting Dodge’s signature cross-hair grille, giving the Lotus Europa-based sports car a complete and thorough Detroit look.
We’d expect the production version of this sports car to reach showrooms in 2010.
Dodge says it offers 150-200 miles of all-electric range and that it will hit 60 mph in less than five seconds. Drag strips will pose little challenge thanks to a 13 second quarter-mile figure. Dodge says the Circuit can be charged in a standard 110v outlet, though a special 220v outlet will halve charge times.
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