{"id":81146,"date":"2025-03-13T00:03:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T04:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=81146"},"modified":"2025-03-13T00:03:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T04:03:59","slug":"1145971_longbow-speedster-roadster-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=81146","title":{"rendered":"Longbow EV sports cars targeted to weigh under 2,200 pounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>The U.K.&#8217;s Longbow has revealed the Speedster and Roadster<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The lightweight electric sports cars are targeted to enter production in 2026<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pricing will start from about $84,300<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lightweight and electric vehicles don\u2019t normally go together, but a British startup plans to change that.<\/p>\n<p>The company, Longbow, provided the first details on Wednesday about the Speedster and Roadster\u2014two electric sports cars currently in development.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"static-marker-video-player-primis\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Taking inspiration from iconic British sports cars like the <strong>Jaguar E-Type and Lotus Elise<\/strong>, these two-seaters are targeted for launch in 2026. Longbow said each will weigh less than 2,200 pounds, ensuring a driving experience unlike any other regular production EV.<\/p>\n<p>The Speedster offers a pure open-top design, while the Roadster features an enclosed cabin. Both models are built on a <strong>bespoke aluminum chassis<\/strong> that Longbow said is optimized for low weight and high stiffness. Because a significant amount of weight is already saved with the chassis, other components\u2014such as the motors and batteries\u2014can also be lighter, according to the company.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_wrapper first_wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" name=\"tccimg_100963626_m\" title=\"Longbow Roadster\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD\/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=\" alt=\"Longbow Roadster\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"first_image lazy\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"576\" data-url=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/longbow-roadster_100963626_l.jpg\" data-src-h=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/hug\/longbow-roadster_100963626_h.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/longbow-roadster_100963626_l.jpg\" data-src-l=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/longbow-roadster_100963626_l.jpg\" data-src-m=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/med\/longbow-roadster_100963626_m.jpg\" data-src-s=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/sml\/longbow-roadster_100963626_s.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Longbow Roadster<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Full specifications haven&#8217;t been released, but Longbow said the Speedster, which will launch first, should deliver <strong>0-62 mph acceleration in 3.5 seconds<\/strong> and provide enough battery capacity for 275 miles of range on the WLTP cycle used overseas. A lower range estimate would result when using the stricter EPA cycle. For the Roadster, Longbow quotes 3.6 seconds and 280 miles.<\/p>\n<p>Longbow&#8217;s founders have previously worked for leading EV companies like <strong>Tesla, Lucid, and BYD<\/strong>, while the company\u2019s headquarters in the U.K. position it close to many engineering firms and suppliers associated with Formula E and Formula 1. Longbow also plans to manufacture its cars in the U.K., with the Speedster limited to just 150 units. The Roadster will have higher production volumes, though Longbow hasn\u2019t disclosed exact numbers. The first examples of both cars will be special Luminary 1st Edition and Autograph Edition models.<\/p>\n<p>Reservations are open and <strong>pricing for the Speedster<\/strong> is set to start at 84,995 British pounds (approximately $110,200), while the Roadster will start at 64,995 British pounds ($84,300).<\/p>\n<p>Longbow hasn\u2019t confirmed which markets, besides the U.K., will receive its sports cars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.K.&#8217;s Longbow has revealed the Speedster and Roadster The lightweight electric sports cars are targeted to enter production in 2026 Pricing will start from about $84,300 Lightweight and electric vehicles don\u2019t normally go together, but a British startup plans to change that. The company, Longbow, provided the first details on Wednesday about the Speedster [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":81147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/81147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}