{"id":15687,"date":"2022-02-14T10:07:39","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T15:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evglobe.com\/?p=15687"},"modified":"2022-02-14T10:09:10","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T15:09:10","slug":"dmc-delorean-ev-italdesign-teaser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evglobe.com\/2022\/02\/14\/dmc-delorean-ev-italdesign-teaser\/","title":{"rendered":"DMC DeLorean EV Teased By Italdesign For Rebirth In 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although the DeLorean DMC-12 was a commercial flop, it\u2019s still an automotive icon. Made popular by the excellent Back to the Future movie trilogy, the rear-engined sports car is coming back in 2022. Following a 30-year hiatus, the two-door coupe with its stainless-steel body is returning as a purely electric vehicle by ditching the old V6 sourced from Peugeot-Renault-Volvo (PRV).<\/p>\n

The original DMC-12 was an expensive failure, in part due to its underpowered gasoline engine. Hopefully, the new electric transplant will solve the issue. It\u2019s being teased by Italdesign, the very same Italian car design house that penned the already classic model in the early 1980s. None other than iconic automotive designer Giorgetto Giugiaro\u00a0drew the Belfast-built car, which gained quite the reputation for its poor build quality.<\/p>\n

Details about its modern-day equivalent are shrouded in mystery, although we do know it will be built by the DeLorean Motor Company (DMC) as its ancestor. The company is based in Humble, Texas and is owned by Stephen Wynne, an engineer born in Liverpool. One of the hashtags posted on social media is #DeLoreanEVolved, which may or may not be the car\u2019s official name. We do know it\u2019s an electric vehicle as denoted by the namesake moniker.<\/p>\n