Lightness is the engine.

A hand-built electric sports car weighing 895 kg. We didn't add power — we spent four years taking things away.

895kg dry
3.4sec 0–100
1,412parts total
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The mass ledger.

Every gram on this car had to argue for its place. Published in full, because a weight figure without a breakdown is a marketing number, not an engineering one.

01Bonded aluminium tub168 kg18.8%
02Battery pack & cells254 kg28.4%
03Motor, inverter, driveline121 kg13.5%
04Suspension & uprights96 kg10.7%
05Body panels (composite)61 kg6.8%
06Wheels & tyres58 kg6.5%
07Interior, seats, harness74 kg8.3%
08Everything else63 kg7.0%
Dry weight895 kg100%
Three rules

We are allowed to say no to anything heavy.

i.

Subtract first

No component enters the car until we've failed to delete it twice. The lightest part is the one that isn't fitted.

ii.

One job each

The tub is the crash structure, the battery floor and the seat mount. Parts that do three jobs replace three parts.

iii.

Range is weight

A smaller battery in a lighter car goes as far as a big one in a heavy car — and it corners like something alive.

Two cars.

Hand-built in Malvern · 120 per year