Welcome to the Future: DeLorean and Ford GT Get an Electric Shock
So, remember when your Dad used to say, "If Marty McFly drove an electric car, it would look like this?" Well, turns out he wasn't that far off. Lynx Motors has just revived two icons, and you can bet your bottom dollar that neither DeLorean nor the Ford GT are “standard” in any way.
Lynx has gone mad-scientist on these two legends, and there's more juice under the hood than in a Florida orange orchard. They call the Ford the GT1e, and apparently it's got 2,400 horsepower (1,790 kW) thanks to a quad-motor setup. That makes it about as subtle as a firework at a Metallica concert. Lynx promises it'll do 0-60 mph in 1.5 seconds and hit a top speed of around 320 mph. Three hundred and twenty miles - that’s 5.3 miles per minute or nearly 155 yards every second - let that sink in for a moment. I'll believe that when I see it…or when it warps time like the DeLorean. For now, color me skeptical.
Speaking of the DeLorean, it's back from the future too as – wait for it – the DMC-EV. Lynx is throwing in LED lights, touchscreens, and something about "side intrusion protection." You know, in case someone with a hoverboard and an infatuation with plutonium challenges you to a race. This DMC-EV will be a little less punchy than the GT1e, with a targeted 0-60 mph time of under 4 seconds and a range of 250 miles. Sounds…reasonable, considering it's a DeLorean that won't likely break down midway through a time jump.
But what about the looks? Well, the GT1e got a "refreshed design." Okay, that's car-company speak for "we slapped on a carbon fiber wing and called it a day." The DeLorean? Judging by the renders it seems lower, wider and much longer than the original. It looks like one mean time machine - hopefully they haven't messed with the glorious stainless-steel body. Flux capacitor is optional, I assume.
As much as I love the idea of a revived DeLorean (isn’t Kat DeLorean working on one already?), and an electric GT40 tickles my fancy, my skeptical hat is itching. This whole project smells like one of those ambitious kickstarter campaigns. They promise you the moon on a stick and deliver you…well, a stick. The engineering challenges here are monumental. How do you cool 2,400 electrified horses packed into a Ford GT? Can a DeLorean handle this kind of power upgrade without turning into a molten metal paperweight?
Don't get me wrong; my inner geek is cautiously excited. But as someone who's seen more concept cars than actual ones on the road, I'm holding out for the real-deal road tests. Until then, let's just enjoy the idea of electric icons and hope these bad boys don't leave a trail of fire like Marty's DeLorean…
