ELECTRIC GT40
The news is full of stuff about electric cars lately, and the world of fast Fords is no different. But what happens when our need for clean, renewable energy meets our thirst for old-school performance and style?
Well, that’s where companies like Everrati join the party. Everrati are a technology company specialising in future-proofing automotive icons through the integration of electric powertrains, and they have teamed up with Superformance (the people behind the GT40 cars used in films like Le Mans ’66) to create an electrified version of the legendary GT40.
The Everrati and Superformance partnership will allow enthusiasts to drive an electric-powered GT40. A prototype chassis has been built and is being comprehensively adapted from ICE power to advanced electric propulsion at Everrati’s UK development centre in Upper Heyford, a former US air base in the English Cotswolds.
Is this sacrilege, or the saviour of a fast Ford icon for the future?