Caterham Developing EV, Cognitive Dissonance Ensues


Specialty sports car maker Caterham announced it will reveal its EV plans sometime in the next six months, Autocar reports. If it goes through with the idea, Caterham said any initial electric model would be a racing car, and not simply an electrified, road-going Seven (pictured)--despite the wonderful cognitive dissonance a 1957 Lotus-bodied, 2010-era electric sports car would generate.

"We have no plans to produce an electric Seven," company boss Ansar Ali said in the article. "We're looking at motorsport applications but there's uncertainty as to whether an electric car could handle race conditions. Is there the technology yet to support it?"

Ali added that if legislation goes the way it is currently heading, the company will have to change to accommodate an "inevitable" shift toward electric vehicles. All I can say is, my close friend and neighbor has a Seven, and it's as incredible as you'd imagine. An electric version would be interesting indeed.