Another electric marque...

[balthazar]

I LOVE it when defunct brands make a return.

How this story will play out only Time knows.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-57575495-54/detroit-electric-set-to-launch-u.s.-made-tesla-rival/

[Drew Dowdell]

... owned by the Chinese.

[G. David Felt]

I was just about to give up on seeing if there were any real pictures or updated stories when Bing found me this.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/kicking-tires/post/detroit-electric-sp01-first-look/2013/04/08/2838fe8c-a080-11e2-bd52-614156372695_blog.html

Finally a real picture of the new Detroit Electric car. Range is from 139 to 188 miles. Top speed of 155mph.

http://detroit-electric.com/

More photo's on their web site.

[Robert Hall]

Seems like a ripoff of the Tesla roadster...Lotus Elise based?

[G. David Felt]

China is not known for originality, they are all about conformist.

[balthazar]

Seems like a ripoff of the Tesla roadster...Lotus Elise based?

What do you mean "based" ?? lol

[regfootball]

the logo even is something to be ashamed about.

[pow]

The Roadster came about when there were no electric cars on the market. Despite being based on a Lotus, it offered something new at that time--namely, advanced battery technology and the idea of a high-performance EV--helping to pave the way for a mass-produced Tesla sedan that's outselling ICE luxury cars like the S-Class and 7-series.

Detroit Electric arrives at a time when major OEMs have already been working on EVs for a few years, and by stuffing off-the-shelf technology into an existing vehicle, they're bringing nothing new to the table.

Edited April 9, 2013 by pow