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Gordon Murray Design Announce T.27 Specs and Performance
Gordon Murray Design have announced the Specification and Performance Targets for the T.27 City Car, a pure electric drive vehicle designed to fully optimise packaging, weight and performance. Gordon Murray Design will work on the project with Zytek Automotive. Zytek Automotive have developed a brand new, innovative, lightweight and fully integrated electric motor, control system and battery will be designed to ensure that maximum efficiency is achieved. The Projected emissions, using a UK energy mix, are 48g/km CO2 for the combined cycle and 28g/km CO2 for the urban cycle alone, with zero emissions at the point of use. Full lifecycle CO2 damage will be 42% less than the average UK car. A UK partner or consortium to produce the city cars in the UK would keep the technology at home and could create 6,000 jobs. Professor Gordon Murray, CEO of Gordon Murray Design said: "The Technology Strategy Board have been incredibly supportive of the T.27 programme and together we are working to keep this in the United Kingdom. It is a great opportunity to work with Zytek Automotive and our other partners on this very exciting programme. We always strive to lead the way in automotive design and our current goal is to maximise efficiency of electric vehicles." Vehicle Specification eMotor: 25kW Height: 1.60m Battery Type: Li-ion Weight: 680Kg (incl. battery) Battery Spec. 12kWh Wheel Base: 1.78m Length: 2.50m Turning Circle: 6.0m Width 1.30m Performance Targets Top Speed: 105kph 0-100kph: Less than 15 seconds Range: 80 – 100 miles
