MotoCzysz unveils D1g1tal Dr1ve D1, we enthuse — Autoblog Green

D1g1tal Dr1ve D1 – Click above for high-res image gallery

Electric-drive design genius has a name: MotoCzysz. The team behind the E1PC electric race bike has taken the elegant essence of that high performance drive system and distilled it down into one compact glossy red box called the D1g1tal Dr1ve D1.

Lift off the top and peek inside this peerless example of packaging and you will find a 75 kW (100 horsepower) Remy motor, a proprietary inverter-controller, a cooling system and a gear reduction setup connected to a differential. The whole thing weighs 130 lbs. and can generate up to 848 ft-lbs (1150Nm) of torque. Yikes!

Now, we knew this was coming. We just didn't know it would look so sexy or arrive so soon. By next May, customers should be able to write a check for an amount somewhere south of $8,999 per unit and prepare to plug the aluminum case into chassis of their choosing.

via green.autoblog.com

this is seriously cool.

I like the delorean style font choices.. but more than that.. if electrification of current cars is going to happen via retrofit.. this takes a lot of the way there..

I would love to pop this in a miata.. or old CRX .. anything kind of small and sporty.

It has as much horsepower as my first car, a well loved RX-7, and one of those and this, would cost WAAAY less than a volt or leaf.