The sports car that runs on SALTWATER: Vehicle goes from zero to 60mph in Two.8 seconds – and has just been approved for EU roads

By Ellie Zolfagharifard for MailOnline 15:22 BST one Sep 2014, updated 15:44 BST one Sep two thousand fourteen

Quant e-Sportlimousine’s top speed is 217mph – equal to a McLaren P1
The car uses a saltwater flow cell system to power four electrical motors
Water passes through membrane in tanks creating an electrified charge
Two 200-litre water tanks can provide a range of three hundred seventy three miles (600km)
The four-seater is Five.25 metres (0.4ft) long and Two.Two metres broad (7.2ft)
Price and sale date yet to be confirmed, but may cost more than £1m

Sports cars may not have the best reputation for being environmentally-friendly, but this sleek machine has been designed to reach 217.Five mph (350 km/h) – using nothing but saltwater.

Its radical drive system permits the Five,070lbs (Two,300kg) Quant e-Sportlimousine to reach 0-60 mph (100 km/h) in Two.8 seconds, making it as rapid as the McLaren P1.

After making its debut at the two thousand fourteen Geneva Motor Showcase in March, the saltwater technology has now been certified for use on European roads.

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The nine hundred twenty horsepower (680 kW) Quant e-Sportlimousine uses something known as an electrolyte flow cell power system to power four electrical motors within the car.

It works in a similar way to a hydrogen fuel cell, however, the liquid used for storing energy is saltwater.

The liquid passes through a membrane in inbetween the two tanks, creating an electrified charge. This electric current is then stored and distributed by super capacitors.

The car carries the water in two 200-litre tanks, which in one sitting will permit drivers to travel up to three hundred seventy three miles (600km).

Overall, the four-seater is Five.25 metres (0.4ft) long, Two.Two metres broad (7.2ft), the 1.35 metre (Four.4ft).

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Four-seater car is Five.25 metres (0.4ft) long, Two.Two metres broad (7.2ft), the 1.35 metre (Four.4ft).

Its 22-inch wheels sit just underneath incredible dual gull-wing doors.

The nine hundred twenty horsepower (680 kW) Quant e-Sportlimousine uses an electrolyte flow cell.

It works like a hydrogen fuel cell, however, the liquid used for storing energy is salt water.

The liquid passes through a membrane in inbetween the two tanks, creating an electrical charge.

The Five,070lbs (Two,300kg) car has a top speed of 217.Five mph (350 km/h) and reaches each 0-62 mph (100 km/h) in Two.8 seconds.

Its 22-inch wheels sit just underneath dual gull-wing doors which feature ‘Chrystal Lake Blue’ paint.

Inwards is a full-length interactive dash, with wood-theme features and an Android-based entertainment system.

No price or sale date has yet been exposed, but some experts suggest it could cost more than £1 million ($1.7 million)

NanoFlowcell AG, a Lichtenstein-based company behind the drive, is now planning to test the car on public roads in Germany and elsewhere in Europe as the company prepares for series production.

It claims the technology offers five times the energy capacity of lithium-ion batteries of the same weight.

‘We’ve got major plans, and not just within the automobile industry,’ says NanoFlowcell AG Chairman of the Board Professor Jens-Peter Ellermann.

‘The potential of the NanoFlowcell is much greater, especially in terms of domestic energy supplies as well as in maritime, rail and aviation technology.’

The sports car that runs on SALTWATER: Vehicle goes from zero to 60mph in two