Everrati, a company well-known for its electric conversions of automotive classics, managed to irritate many purists when it announced a Ford GT40 conversion about a year ago. To prove to the critics that its intentions were not misguided, it has now followed with a number of important project updates.
Call us blasphemers, but we actually like
the result a lot. The restored and modernized GT40 now convincingly imitates
the rumble of a V8, which maxes out at 110 dB (think rock-concert, near-stage
loudness). Vibrating sound generators built into the seats achieve highly
realistic sound imitation compared to regular speakers.
Furthermore, the battery supercar now lets
you row your own gears. The provided stick is shift-by-wire, of course, but it
at least has the decency to switch the sound and the power output to the wheels
like any normal gearbox would, complete with a brief switching lag.
Finally, those who dismissed the project
for using heavy batteries may want to reconsider their stance. Even with 60
kilowatt-hours of energy storage on board, the restomod somehow manages to
weigh mere 1,320 kilograms. To put things into perspective, the
original GT40 that participated in the Le Mans races six decades ago weighed
around 50 kilos more than that.
Powering the Everrati GT40 are dual
electric motors driving the rear axle exclusively with 811 PS and 800 Nm of torque.
