Project by Brandes & Dschüdow in Germany, the The Esthi is a Lotus Elise with an Audi engine replacing the Rover or Toyota engine. 3 cars have been built. High developement costs led to insolvency of company.

Engine: V6 30valve 2671cc Biturbo Audi Cosworth engine tuned by MTM, rated at 428bhp
 

1 x 2.4 (1 yellow) and 2 x 3.4 (yellow,black) were built.

It is obvious that this electric car is based on the Elise, rolling chassis where produced in Hethel

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almost finished car in Hethel, 2008

period: 2008 -

engine: 150 KW electric engine

# made:

Introduced in 2008. Electric Cars Europe is a joint venture of the Dutch Lotus distributor Van der Kooi Sportscars, Innosys Engineering, United Momentum Group (investor) and energy supplier Essent.

Production (transferring new Elises) is planned to start in July 2008.

0-100 km/h in 4,7 seconds, top speed 215 km/h, action radius 325 km on fully charged batteries, charge time will be 10 hours.

Essent plans to create several loading stations where the batteries will be charged in 10 minutes.

period: 2010 -

engine: supercharged 6.2 liter LS9 V8 (the same as in the Corvette ZR1), 725 bhp. There will also be 1000 bhp and 1200 bhp twin turbo V8 engine variants

# made:

The car has a lightweight carbon fiber bodywork and carbon fiber wheels. The power output will be managed by a programmable traction control system. To keep the wheels on the road, or in other words, to generate downforce, an active aero system with adjustable rear wing will deploy under varying conditions on both the road and racetrack. An adjustable suspension system will allow ride height adjustments according to speed and driving conditions.
Production is limited to just 10 vehicles per year