UK chosen as manufacturing base for world’s fastest EV

The 155 mph electric vehicle will be manufactured in a new Detroit Electric production facility in Leamington Spa, which is set to employ 80 staff by early 2015. Production is set to begin later in 2014, before models begin rolling off the production line destined for markets across Europe and Asia. Albert Lam, chairman and CEO of Detroit Electric, said: "We're truly delighted that we're just weeks away from bringing to fruition our plans to introduce Detroit Electric's first pure electric sports car. "With a new production facility in the UK, a magnificent EMEA headquarters in The Netherlands and plans to engineer and assemble vehicles in the US, the world will soon experience the pure electric performance of our range of exciting and innovative Detroit Electric vehicles." The SP:01 will spearhead a family of all-electric production cars, including an electric 2+2 supercar and a sedan model that will be engineered, developed and assembled at a planned facility in Michigan.