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. Continue reading →