---
title: "The 600-HP Alcraft GT Is Yet Another Sexy 300-Mile Electric Car…With Questionable Prospects"
description: "Nothing inspires optimism like hearing a company started an Indiegogo to raise money for a prototype."
date: "2017-10-04"
modified: "2017-10-04"
authors:
  - name: "Stephen Edelstein"
    job_title: "Weekend Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/stephen-edelstein"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/tech/14855/the-600-hp-alcraft-gt-is-yet-another-sexy-300-mile-electric-car-with-questionable-prospects"
categories:
  - "Car Tech"
  - "Electric Vehicles"
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Britain"
  - "Electric Cars"
  - "Electric Vehicle"
  - "Startup"
  - "Tech"
---

# The 600-HP Alcraft GT Is Yet Another Sexy 300-Mile Electric Car…With Questionable Prospects

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The success of Tesla has launch a horde of startups looking to build their own electric cars. From [Faraday Future](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/14588/faraday-future-pulls-out-of-nevada-officially-gives-up-land-and-tax-incentives>) to [Lucid Motors](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/12306/lucid-motors-1000-hp-lucid-air-electric-car-hits-235-mph>), everyone seems to want to take on Tesla; even [established automakers](<https://www.thedrive.com/tech/8334/new-jaguar-i-pace-will-look-just-like-concept>) are getting in on the action with their own luxury electric cars. Now another new company is entering the fray. Based in the United Kingdom, it's called [Alcraft Motor Company](<https://alcraftmotor.com>), and its Alcraft GT has a claimed range of more than 300 miles. But like all startup automakers, Alcraft faces significant hurdles.

The Alcraft GT is a shooting brake with doors that flip up, Lamborghini-style, but are also reverse-hinged. The visor-like front fascia looks like a knockoff of the Lucid Air design. Credit for the design goes to Matthew Humphries, according to [*CleanTechnica*](<https://cleantechnica.com/2017/10/03/electric-alcraft-gt-vehicle-pomises-another-300-miles-powerful-ev/>), the man who designed the Morgan Aeromax. Interestingly, Alcraft has another Morgan veteran in its ranks: [Charles Morgan](<https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/charles-morgan-settles-dispute-family>), a member of Morgan's founding family and a former executive at the automaker, serves as Alcraft's Director of Innovation.

Alcraft's electric car is a far cry from [Morgan's aggressively anachronistic products](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/14568/morgan-3-wheeler-versus-2017-e-moke-a-very-biased-comparison-test>), though. It sports three electric motors, generating a combined 600 horsepower and 940 pound-feet of torque, which is is sent to all four wheels. The GT will do 0 to 62 mph in 3.5 seconds, according to Alcraft. Range is estimated at 200 to 250 miles if driven aggressively, but Alcraft claims north of 300 miles should be possible with a lighter right foot.

Alcraft is trying to raise *£*650,000 ($736,000 at current exchange rates) to build its first prototype, which it hopes to begin testing by 2019. The company is currently running an [Indiegogo](<https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/join-the-journey-innovative#/>) crowdfunding campaign to help raise those funds. If the GT makes it to production, Alcraft hopes to sell it for between $166,000 and $185,000.

But this British startup faces more challenges than just raising enough money to build a prototype. Designing and building a new car is a complex undertaking, something that many new companies and industry watches seem to take for granted. Alcraft will have to invest heavily in engineering as well as a factory, and once its electric car goes on sale, it will have to compete against a host of other models in this growing field.

## Author
Stephen has always been passionate about cars, and managed to turn that passion into a career as a freelance automotive journalist. When he's not handling weekend coverage for The Drive, you can find him looking for a new book to read.

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