Shelby SuperCars, creators of the Utimate Aero (above), infamously announced last Summer that it would begin building the world’s fastest electric car, the Ultimate Aero EV. The company said the EV supercar would be unleashed sometime this summer at an American racetrack in a show of fast laps and fast charging. While that’s yet to happen, SSC’s Green division has announced plans to put the heart of its electric powertrain inside a hybrid motor-home.
A recent agreement with Jones & Sons Chassis will see the All-Electric Scalable Powertrain (AESP) installed into a serial hybrid recreational vehicle platform with a 150-mile all-electric range. The REERV (range-extended electric recreational vehicle) will supposedly be able to achieve a total range of 500 miles and be capable of refilling its battery overnight on the 220V, 50 amp service typically found at campgrounds.
Although no time frame was given for the project, an earlier release from SSC Green states, ambitiously, that they hope to supply over a quarter of the drivetrains needed to reach Obama’s 2015 million plug-in car goal. The 260,000 AESP’s would be be built at its manufacturing plant if the $30 million Department of Energy’s Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative grant to fund their expansion plan comes through. Check out both press releases after the break.
Gallery: 2009 SSC Ultimate Aero
[Source: Shelby SuperCars]
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