Lightning Car Company

The Lightning Car Company was a British sports car developer, originally based in Fulham and Peterborough, the company relocated to Coventry and was focused on the development and production of high performance electric sports cars.

The company was dissolved in December 2023.

Lightning GT
The firm's first product, the eponymous Lightning GT, was unveiled in 2008 where it won Car of The Show at the last Excel London Motor Show. It was loosely based on an extant internal-combustion vehicle from Ronart Cars. It incorporated quick-charging lithium-titanate batteries from Altairnano into a body made from Carbon Fibre. The Lightning GT employed rear wheel drive from two synchronous motors to accelerate to 60 mi/h in less than 4 seconds and had an expected usable range of 150 mi on a single battery charge, with a range extender battery pack option increasing this to 225 miles (360 km).

The company was taking orders for 2012 delivery, this was later moved back to 2014, and subsequently 2017. The prototype was displayed at the Coventry Motofest, featuring a revised Magtec power train.The cars have been shown since in London at the London Motor Show in 2016,in Suffolk and in Paris in 2019 where it was demonstrated.

One of the two completed cars is being displayed at the British Motor Museum until 2024.